Fontanet, Indiana

Fontanet, Indiana
Census-designated place

Vigo County's location in Indiana
Fontanet, Indiana

Fontanet's location in Vigo County, Indiana

Coordinates: 39°34′34″N 87°14′37″W / 39.57611°N 87.24361°W / 39.57611; -87.24361Coordinates: 39°34′34″N 87°14′37″W / 39.57611°N 87.24361°W / 39.57611; -87.24361
Country United States
State Indiana
County Vigo
Township Nevins
Elevation[1] 614 ft (187 m)
ZIP code 47851
GNIS feature ID 434631

Fontanet (also Fountain, Fountain Station, or Hunter) is an unincorporated census-designated place in central Nevins Township, Vigo County, Indiana, United States.[2] It lies along Baldwin St., northeast of the city of Terre Haute, the county seat of Vigo County.[3] Its elevation is 614 feet (187 m), and it is located at 39°34′34″N 87°14′37″W / 39.57611°N 87.24361°W / 39.57611; -87.24361 (39.5761500, -87.2436276).[4] Although Fontanet is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 47851.[5]

Fontanet is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Each year on the last weekend in August, Fontanet enjoys the Annual Fontanet Bean Dinner Festival, a tradition stemming from a Civil War veterans' picnic first held in 1890. The festival was originally held on land near the DuPont Powder Mill. After the mill exploded in 1907,[6] the picnic moved to the site known as Holloway Grove, donated by local landowner Bill Holloway.[7]

History

Fontanet, two miles east of Coal Bluff, was also an important mining town worked and operated by the Coal Bluff Mining Company. The town also was an important railroad station on the Indianapolis and St. Louis Railroad. The mining company had a large general store, and in 1890 over 300 miners lived in Fontanet.[8]

The town's post office was established under the name Fountain Station in 1870. It was renamed to Hunter in 1877, and again to Fontanet in 1881. The post office is still currently in operation.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved 2016-07-13.
  2. ↑ "Fontanet, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  3. ↑ DeLorme. Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer. 3rd ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 42-43. ISBN 0-89933-319-2.
  4. ↑ Geographic Names Information System Feature Detail Report, Geographic Names Information System, 1979-02-14. Accessed 2008-06-01.
  5. ↑ Zip Code Lookup
  6. ↑ "Fontanet, Indiana Du Pont Powder Company Explosion October 15, 1907 ": Basalt Journal Colorado
  7. ↑ "Hundreds gather for 113th Annual Fontanet Bean Dinner Festival": Terre Haute News
  8. ↑ Bradsby, H.C. (1891). History of Vigo County, Indiana, with Biographical Selections. Chicago: S. B. Nelson & Co. p. 481.
  9. ↑ "Vigo County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
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