Mechanicsburg is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Boone County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[3]
History
Mechanicsburg was laid out in 1835.[4] Many of the pioneer settlers were skilled mechanics, hence the name.[5]
Geography
Mechanicsburg is located at 40°09′35″N 86°28′52″W / 40.15972°N 86.48111°W.
The town straddles Sugar Creek, where Indiana State Road 39 crosses the stream. About two thirds of the residences, and the town's only church, are south of the stream. There was a second bridge over Sugar Creek, which carried Burg Street, but this was demolished sometime between 1980 and 2000.
Culture
Mechanicsburg has one of the few remaining operational drive-in theaters, Mel's Drive-in[6] (formerly the Frankfort-Lebanon Drive-in Theater).
References
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Mechanicsburg, Boone County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ^ Early Life and Times in Boone County, Indiana. Carlon & Hollenbeck. 1887. p. 53.
- ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 214. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3.
Here it supposedly remembers the manual skills of many early settlers...
- ^ "Directions". M.E.L.S. at the Starlite Drive-In Theatre. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
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