Wadesville, Indiana

Wadesville is an unincorporated community in northern Center Township, Posey County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[2] It lies along State Road 66 northeast of the city of Mt. Vernon, the county seat of Posey County.[3] Its elevation is 479 feet (146 m).[4] Although Wadesville is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 47638.[5]

Wadesville, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Wadesville
Wadesville
Coordinates: 38°6′9″N 87°47′10″W
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyPosey
TownshipCenter
Elevation
[1]
479 ft (146 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
47638
Area code(s)812, 930
GNIS feature ID445343

History

Wadesville was laid out in 1852.[6] The community was named for the Wade family of settlers.[7] A post office has been in operation at Wadesville since 1855.[8]

Wadesville High School

Wadesville had a local high school, the "Wadesville Red Devils." In 1958 Wadesville consolidated with Poseyville, Cynthiana, and Griffin to form North Posey High School. The school's yearbook was called the "Devilree." The school offered grades 1st-12th.

Red Devil Athletics

The school colors of the Red Devils were white and red. Wadesville competed in the Posey County Conference until 1958. In the final season for the Red Devils basketball team they went 11-9 and won the Posey County Conference tournament, defeating Cynthiana 81–59 in the final. The Red Devils also won the Posey County Conference in the 1958 baseball season.

Education

Wadesville is within the Metropolitan School District of North Posey County. MSD of North Posey County consists of two elementary schools (North, South Terrace), North Posey Junior High School, and North Posey High School.

Highways

References
  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. "Wadesville, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
  3. DeLorme. Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer. 3rd ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 60. ISBN 0-89933-319-2.
  4. Geographic Names Information System Feature Detail Report, Geographic Names Information System, 1979-02-14. Accessed 2008-06-01.
  5. Zip Code Lookup
  6. History of Posey County, Indiana: from the earliest times to the present. Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1886. p. 412.
  7. Leffel, John C. (1913). History of Posey County, Indiana. Standard Publishing Company. p. 117.
  8. "Posey County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 1, 2015.


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