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Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States
Prosperity, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Prosperity is located in IndianaProsperityProsperityShow map of IndianaProsperity is located in the United StatesProsperityProsperityShow map of the United States
Coordinates: 40°10′45″N 85°40′19″W / 40.17917°N 85.67194°W / 40.17917; -85.67194
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyMadison
TownshipLafayette
Elevation886 ft (270 m)
ZIP code46012
FIPS code18-62163
GNIS feature ID441612

Prosperity is an unincorporated community in Lafayette Township, Madison County, Indiana.

History

Prosperity was founded around the time the canal was extended to that point. A post office was established at Prosperity in 1853, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1875.

The town of Prosperity appeared on the hit TV show 'Supernatural' season 7, episode 5.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Prosperity, Indiana
  2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. Forkner, John La Rue (1914). History of Madison County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 88.
  4. "Madison County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
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County seat: Anderson
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