Vincennes

Vincennes is a city in . Vincennes is the oldest town in . It was founded in 1732 as a French fur trading post. The city's history is unique compared to any other Midwestern town, and the historical relevance is plentiful.
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  • Type: Town with 18,000 residents
  • Description: county seat of Knox County, Indiana, United States
  • Also known as: “Au Poste”, “Post Ouabache”, “Post Saint Ange”, “Post Saint Vincent”, “Post Vincennes”, “Poste Ouabache”, “Vincennes, IN”, “Vincennes, Indiana”, and “Vinsenne”
  • Postal code: 47591

Places of Interest

Highlights include George Rogers Clark National Historical Park and O’Neal Airport.

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is a United States national park outside Vincennes in .

Aerodrome
O'Neal Airport was a public use owned by Vincennes University and located in , , . The airport was one nautical mile west of the central business district of Vincennes, a city in .

Church
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The St. Francis Xavier Cathedral is a historic church in Vincennes, Indiana, under the Diocese of Evansville. Named for Francis Xavier, the 16th-century Jesuit missionary, it is located opposite at 205 Church Street, within the Vincennes Historic District.

Vincennes

Latitude
38.6773° or 38° 40′ 38″ north
Longitude
-87.5286° or 87° 31′ 43″ west
Population
18,000
Elevation
420 feet (128 metres)
IATA airport code
OEA
United Nations Location Code
US OEA
Open location code
86CJMFGC+WG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153480718
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4266307
Wiki­data ID
Q585857
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Vincennes” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فينسينس”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vinsennes”
  • Basque: “Vincennes”
  • Belarusian: “Вінсенс”
  • Catalan: “Vincennes”
  • Cebuano: “Vincennes”
  • Chechen: “Винсеннс”
  • Chinese: “Vincennes”
  • Chinese: “文森斯”
  • Chinese: “温森斯”
  • Chinese: “溫森斯”
  • Czech: “Vincennes”
  • Dagbani: “Vincennes”
  • Danish: “Vincennes”
  • Dutch: “Vincennes”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فينسينس”
  • French: “Vincennes”
  • German: “Vincennes”
  • Gilaki: “وینسنس (اينديانا)”
  • Gilaki: “وینسنس”
  • Haitian: “Vincennes, Indiana”
  • Haitian: “Vincennes”
  • Hebrew: “וינסנס”
  • Hindi: “विनसेन, इंडियाना”
  • Hindi: “विनसेन”
  • Hungarian: “Vincennes”
  • Ido: “Vincennes, Indiana”
  • Ido: “Vincennes”
  • Irish: “Vincennes”
  • Italian: “Vincennes”
  • Japanese: “ヴィンセンス”
  • Japanese: “ヴィンセンズ”
  • Japanese: “ビンセンス”
  • Japanese: “ビンセンズ”
  • Ladin: “Vincennes”
  • Latin: “Vincennapolis”
  • Malagasy: “Vincennes, Indiana”
  • Malagasy: “Vincennes”
  • Mazanderani: “وینسنس”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Vincennes”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vincennes”
  • Norwegian: “Vincennes”
  • Persian: “وینسنس، ایندیانا”
  • Persian: “وینسنس”
  • Polish: “Vincennes”
  • Portuguese: “Vincennes”
  • Romanian: “Vincennes”
  • Russian: “Венсен”
  • Russian: “Винсенс (Индиана)”
  • Russian: “Винсенс”
  • Serbian: “Vincennes”
  • Serbian: “Винсенс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Vincennes, Indiana”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Vincennes”
  • Slovak: “Vincennes”
  • Slovenian: “Vincennes”
  • South Azerbaijani: “وینسنس، ایندیانا”
  • Spanish: “Vincennes (Indiana)”
  • Spanish: “Vincennes”
  • Swedish: “Vincennes, Indiana”
  • Swedish: “Vincennes”
  • Tatar: “Винсеннс”
  • Turkish: “Vincennes, Indiana”
  • Turkish: “Vincennes”
  • Ukrainian: “Вінсеннс”
  • Urdu: “ونسینز، انڈیانا”
  • Urdu: “ونسینز”
  • Uzbek: “Vincennes”
  • Volapük: “Vincennes”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Vincennes, Indiana”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Vincennes”
  • Welsh: “Vincennes, Indiana”
  • Welsh: “Vincennes”
  • Western Frisian: “Vincennes”
  • “Vincennes”

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