Algiers,_Indiana

Algiers, Indiana

Algiers, Indiana

Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States

Algiers is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Pike County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1]

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History

Algiers was laid out in 1868.[2] The community was named after Algiers, the capital of Algeria.[3] An old variant name of the community was called Delectible.[1]

Homer E. Capehart, a U.S. Senator from Indiana and a pioneer in the jukebox and record player industry[4] was born in Algiers in 1897, the son of a local tenant farmer.[5]

A post office called Algiers was established in 1885, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1955.[6]

The town's name is part of the namesake of the Algiers, Winslow and Western Railway which operates within Pike County.

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Algiers, Indiana
  2. [2]
    Goodspeed Brothers. History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana. p. 355.
  3. [3]
    Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. ...apparently for the city in North Africa...
  4. [4]
    Pickett, William B. (1986). "Homer E. Capehart: Phonograph Entrepreneur". Indiana Magazine of History. 82 (3): 264–276. JSTOR 27790996.
  5. [5]
    Cook, Joan (September 5, 1979). "Homer E. Capehart is Dead at 82; Was 3‐Term Senator from Indiana". The New York Times.
  6. [6]
    "Pike County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 5, 2015.


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