Slabtown, Indiana

For the Rush County community also known as Slabtown, see Homer, Indiana.

Slabtown
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 39°16′42″N 85°24′05″W / 39.27833°N 85.40139°W / 39.27833; -85.40139Coordinates: 39°16′42″N 85°24′05″W / 39.27833°N 85.40139°W / 39.27833; -85.40139
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Decatur
Township	Marion
Elevation^[1]	978 ft (298 m)
ZIP code	47240
FIPS code	18-70030^[2]
GNIS feature ID	443589

Slabtown is an unincorporated community in Marion Township, Decatur County, Indiana.

History

Slabs used to lay plank roads were manufactured here, hence the name.^[3]

↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 303. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. Slabs, some of them used to build roads, were cut at the local sawmill...

Municipalities and communities of Decatur County, Indiana, United States

County seat: Greensburg

City	Greensburg

Towns	Millhousen New Point St. Paul‡ Westport

Townships	Adams Clay Clinton Fugit Jackson Marion Salt Creek Sand Creek Washington

CDPs	Clarksburg Lake Santee‡

Other unincorporated communities	Adams Alert Burney Craig Downeyville Ewington Forest Hill Gaynorsville Germantown Harper Harris City Horace Kingston Knarr Corner Letts Letts Corner McCoy Mechanicsburg Milford New Pennington Pinhook Rossburg Saint Maurice Saint Omer Sandusky Sardinia Slabtown Smyrna Tarkeo Corner Waynesburg Williamstown‡

Ghost town	Springhill

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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