Saint Joseph, Floyd County, Indiana

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Saint Joseph, Indiana
Saint Joseph is located in Indiana
Saint Joseph
Saint
Joseph
Saint Joseph is located in the United States
Saint Joseph
Saint
Joseph
Coordinates: 38°24′00″N 85°48′30″W / 38.40000°N 85.80833°W / 38.40000; -85.80833Coordinates: 38°24′00″N 85°48′30″W / 38.40000°N 85.80833°W / 38.40000; -85.80833
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyFloyd
TownshipNew Albany
Elevation561 ft (171 m)
ZIP code
47172
FIPS code18-66935[2]
GNIS feature ID442619[1]

Saint Joseph is an unincorporated community in New Albany Township, Floyd County, Indiana.

History

Saint Joseph was founded in the 1840s by a colony of German Catholics.[3]

Geography

Saint Joseph is located at 38°24′00″N 85°48′30″W / 38.40000°N 85.80833°W / 38.40000; -85.80833.

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Saint Joseph, Floyd County, Indiana
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 260. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. ...this German Catholic community was settled around 1846...