Eleutherian College
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.Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lancaster and Middlefork.
Lancaster
Village
Lancaster is an unincorporated community in Lancaster Township, Jefferson County, Indiana.
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 Eleutherian College.
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 3 miles south of Eleutherian College.
Eleutherian College
- Type: Museum
- Description: school in Lancaster, Indiana, USA
- Categories: college, school building, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Lancaster Township, Jefferson, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.83096° or 38° 49′ 52″ northLongitude
-85.51618° or 85° 30′ 58″ westOpen location code
86CPRFJM+9GOpenStreetMap ID
way 640524423OpenStreetMap feature
building=schoolOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q5359495
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