Edinburgh in Johnson County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Edinburg

Photographed by Lugnuts, February 18, 2020

1. Edinburg Marker Reverse

Inscription.
Laid out in 1822, Edinburg was first town in Johnson County. In 1976 known as the Black Walnut Veneer Capital of the World.

Alexander Thompson and Louis Bishop proprietors of town with additions at once by Isaac Collier, William Hunt, John Campbell.

Marker at the site of first store in county 1822. First death in county 1820, Lucy Barnett Townsend.

Site of famous pioneer Thompson Mill on Blue River 1826. In 1845 Madison-Indianapolis R.R. completed to Edinburg, town becoming leading grain and pork market of central Indiana. Original home of Pennant syrup by Union Starch.

Popular hymn, "Bringing in the Sheaves," written by evangelist Knowles Shaw, while in Edinburg.

Erected 1976 by Erected by Edinburg Bicentennial Committee.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Arts, Letters, Music • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1822.

Location. 39° 21.24′ N, 85° 58.065′ W. Marker is in Edinburgh, Indiana, in Johnson County. It is on South Main Street just south of West Main Cross Street, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 119 West Main Cross Street, Edinburgh IN 46124, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Indiana

and specifically in Greater Indianapolis.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

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At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Thompson Mill (approx. half a mile away); Historical Blue River Township (approx. 1.7 miles away); Barnett Cemetery (approx. 4.6 miles away); William Merritt Chase (approx. 6.2 miles away); Smiley Mill (approx. 6.7 miles away); Patriot Burials (approx. 6.8 miles away); Site of Young’s Creek Christian Church (approx. 6.8 miles away); Lowell Mills (approx. 7.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Edinburgh.

Edinburg Marker in Context image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Lugnuts, February 18, 2020

2. Edinburg Marker in Context

Credits. This page was last revised on November 15, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 27, 2020, by Lugnuts of Germantown, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 792 times since then and 32 times this year. Last updated on November 20, 2023, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 27, 2020, by Lugnuts of Germantown, Wisconsin. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.