Point Commerce, Indiana

Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States

39°07′31″N 86°57′55″W / 39.12528°N 86.96528°W / 39.12528; -86.96528CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyGreeneTownship JeffersonElevation

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581 ft (177 m)ZIP code

47471

FIPS code18-60876^[2]GNIS feature ID441389^[1]

Point Commerce is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Greene County, Indiana. It is part of the Bloomington, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Point Commerce was so named in anticipation that two canals would meet at that point.^[3] A post office was established at Point Commerce in 1837, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1869.^[4]

Geography

Point Commerce is located along the banks of the Eel River, near its confluence with the White River. The nearby town of Worthington is situated directly across the Eel River from Point Commerce.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1850	237	^[5]	—
U.S. Decennial Census^[6]

Point Commerce was never separately returned in a U.S. Census. However, the final report for the Census of 1850 provided a population estimate of 237 for the community.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Point Commerce, Indiana
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. They named it Point Commerce because two proposed canals...were supposed to join here...
^ "Greene County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
^ ^a ^b DeBow, J.D.B. (1853). The Seventh Census of the United States: 1850 (PDF). Washington: Robert Armstrong. p. 1021. Retrieved May 18, 2021. The population figure for 1850 is an estimate provided in the appendix of the official volume of the Seventh Census.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.