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词条 Rileysburg, Indiana
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  1. History

  2. Geography

  3. References

{{Infobox settlement
|name = Rileysburg, Indiana
|settlement_type = Unincorporated community
|nickname =
|motto =
|image_skyline = Rileysburg, Indiana.png
|imagesize =
|image_caption = The old Rileysburg grain elevator
|image_flag =
|image_seal =
|image_map = Map of Indiana highlighting Vermillion County.svg
|mapsize = 150px
|map_caption = Vermillion County's location in Indiana
|image_map1 =
|mapsize1 =
|map_caption1 =
|pushpin_map = USA Indiana Vermillion County
|pushpin_label = Rileysburg
|pushpin_label_position =
|pushpin_map_caption = Rileysburg's location in Vermillion County
|pushpin_mapsize =
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = Indiana
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Vermillion
|subdivision_type3 = Township
|subdivision_name3 = Highland
|established_title =
|established_date =
|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
|elevation_footnotes = [1]
|elevation_m = 198
|elevation_ft = 650
|coordinates = {{coord|40|06|15|N|87|31|33|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code = 47932
|area_code = 765
|blank_name = GNIS feature ID
|blank_info = 442041
|website =
|footnotes =
}}Rileysburg is a small unincorporated community in Highland Township, Vermillion County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[2]

The town is served by the post office in Covington in nearby Fountain County. The county seat is located in Newport.

History

A post office was established at Rileysburg in 1887, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1934.[3] The town plat was officially filed in 1904.[4]

Geography

Rileysburg is located in the far northwest part of the county, {{convert|1|mi}} south of Interstate 74 and about {{convert|.25|mi}} east of the Indiana-Illinois state line. A CSX Transportation railway runs northwest through town toward Danville, Illinois. Coal Branch Creek, which flows south through the county to the Vermilion River, has its head near Rileysburg.

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2016-07-15|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=October 25, 2007}}
2. ^{{cite web | url = {{GNIS3|442041}} | title = Rileysburg, Indiana | work = Geographic Names Information System | publisher = United States Geological Survey | accessdate = August 1, 2017}}
3. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Vermillion | title=Vermillion County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=1 October 2015}}
4. ^{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SXB5AAAAMAAJ|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=280|quote=...was platted on June 4, 1904.}}
{{Vermillion County, Indiana}}

3 : Unincorporated communities in Vermillion County, Indiana|Unincorporated communities in Indiana|Terre Haute metropolitan area

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