Willow Branch, Indiana

Willow Branch is an unincorporated community in Brown Township, Hancock County, Indiana.

Willow Branch, Indiana
Unincorporated community and Census-designated place
Willow Branch
Willow Branch
Coordinates: 39°52′34″N 85°41′04″W
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyHancock
TownshipBrown
Elevation
[1]
938 ft (286 m)
ZIP code
46186
FIPS code18-84482[2]
GNIS feature ID2830403[1]

History

The first store in Willow Branch was established in 1874. The community took its name from the stream upon which it is located, the Willow Branch creek.[3]

Willow Branch was platted as a town in 1882.[4]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Willow Branch, Indiana
  2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. Binford, John H. (1882). History of Hancock County, Indiana: From Its Earliest Settlement by the "pale Face," in 1818, Down to 1882. King & Binford. pp. 100.
  4. Richman, George J. (1916). History of Hancock County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions. Wm. Mitchell Printing Company. pp. 542.


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