Lancaster
Lancaster is an unincorporated community in Lancaster Township, Jefferson County, Indiana. Lancaster has about 1,650 residents.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,650 residents
- Description: unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Indiana
- Also known as: “Lancaster, IN” and “Lancaster, Jefferson County, Indiana”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eleutherian College.
Eleutherian College
Museum
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Eleutherian College, founded as Eleutherian Institute in 1848, was a school founded by local anti-slavery Baptists at Lancaster in Jefferson County. The institute's name comes from the Greek word eleutheros, meaning "freedom and equality." The school admitted students without regard to ethnicity or gender, including freed and fugitive slaves.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Middlefork and Volga.
Middlefork
Hamlet
Middlefork is an unincorporated community in Lancaster Township, Jefferson County, Indiana. The community took its name from the Middle Fork Creek. Middlefork is situated 3 miles northeast of Lancaster.
Volga
Hamlet
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Volga is an unincorporated community in Smyrna Township, Jefferson County, Indiana. The name's origin is not known with certainty, but is believed to have been adopted from Volga in Russia. Volga is situated 3½ miles south of Lancaster.
Wirt
Hamlet
Wirt is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Indiana, in the United States. A post office was established at Wirt in 1834. The community was named for William Wirt, a pioneer. Wirt is situated 4 miles southeast of Lancaster.
Lancaster
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Lancaster Township, Jefferson, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.83145° or 38° 49′ 53″ northLongitude
-85.51857° or 85° 31′ 7″ westPopulation
1,650Elevation
715 feet (218 metres)Open location code
86CPRFJJ+HHOpenStreetMap ID
node 153718786OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
4260155Wikidata ID
Q6483074
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Lancaster” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “蘭開斯特 (印地安納州傑佛遜縣)”
- Chinese: “蘭開斯特”
- Esperanto: “Lankastro”
- French: “Lancaster”
- Irish: “Lancaster”
- Persian: “لنکاستر، جفرسون، ایندیانا”
- Persian: “لنکاستر”
- Urdu: “لانکیسٹر، جیفیرسون کاؤنٹی”
- Urdu: “لنکاسٹر، جیفرسن کاؤنٹی، انڈیانا”
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Highlights include College Hill Cemetery and Ogden Cemetery.
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