Farmersville, Indiana
human settlement in Posey County, Indiana, United States
Farmersville is an unincorporated community in Black Township, Posey County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
History
Farmersville was originally called Yankee Settlement or Yankeetown, and under one of the latter names was settled around the year 1812. The community was originally built up chiefly by New Englanders. A post office was established under the name Farmersville in 1850, and remained in operation until 1902.
“Farmersville, Indiana” enters the record as human settlement in Posey County, Indiana, United States. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Farmersville, Indiana and human can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Farmersville, Indiana” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Farmersville, Indiana and human provides the most credible route into that argument.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q22034027. Authority coordinates are 37.980, -87.896. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1812, 1850 and 1902.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
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- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
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Three-step research path
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Farmersville, Indiana” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.