Algiers, Indiana | |
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Coordinates: 38°29′14″N 87°10′30″W / 38.48722°N 87.17500°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Indiana |
County | Pike |
Township | Jefferson |
Elevation | 522 ft (159 m) |
Time zone | UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-4 ( EDT) |
ZIP code | 47567 |
Area codes | 812, 930 |
GNIS feature ID | 430075 [1] |
Algiers is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Pike County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1]
Algiers was laid out in 1868. [2] The community was named after Algiers, the capital of Algeria. [3] An old variant name of the community was called Delectible. [1]
Homer E. Capehart, a U.S. Senator from Indiana and a pioneer in the jukebox and record player industry [4] was born in Algiers in 1897, the son of a local tenant farmer. [5]
A post office called Algiers was established in 1885, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1955. [6]
The town's name is part of the namesake of the Algiers, Winslow and Western Railway which operates within Pike County.
...apparently for the city in North Africa...
Algiers, Indiana | |
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Coordinates: 38°29′14″N 87°10′30″W / 38.48722°N 87.17500°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Indiana |
County | Pike |
Township | Jefferson |
Elevation | 522 ft (159 m) |
Time zone | UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-4 ( EDT) |
ZIP code | 47567 |
Area codes | 812, 930 |
GNIS feature ID | 430075 [1] |
Algiers is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Pike County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1]
Algiers was laid out in 1868. [2] The community was named after Algiers, the capital of Algeria. [3] An old variant name of the community was called Delectible. [1]
Homer E. Capehart, a U.S. Senator from Indiana and a pioneer in the jukebox and record player industry [4] was born in Algiers in 1897, the son of a local tenant farmer. [5]
A post office called Algiers was established in 1885, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1955. [6]
The town's name is part of the namesake of the Algiers, Winslow and Western Railway which operates within Pike County.
...apparently for the city in North Africa...