Hazleton, Indiana
| Town of Hazleton, Indiana | |
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| Town | |
 Location in the state of Indiana |
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| Coordinates: 38°29′20″N 87°32′30″W / 38.48889°N 87.54167°WCoordinates: 38°29′20″N 87°32′30″W / 38.48889°N 87.54167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Gibson |
| Township | White River |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.33 sq mi (0.85 km2) |
| • Land | 0.33 sq mi (0.85 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 453 ft (138 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 263 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 262 |
| • Density | 797.0/sq mi (307.7/km2) |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 47640 |
| Area code(s) | 812, 930 |
| FIPS code | 18-32728 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0435943 |
Hazleton is a town in White River Township, Gibson County, Indiana, United States. The population was 263 at the 2010 census making it the second smallest community in the county. While having almost no connection to it, it is part of the Evansville, Indiana, Metropolitan Area.
Hazleton is the second-oldest town in Gibson County after Patoka. It was named in honor of Gervas Hazleton, the second settler in the county to permanently locate, after John Severns. Hazleton first lived in a "camp," the back of which was an immense walnut log and sides of poles covered with bark, the front open to admit the heat and light of large log fires. Hazleton eventually operated a ferry on the White River. His remains are buried in the IOOF Hazleton cemetery.
The town of Hazleton was surveyed and platted by Lucius French in 1806. T. S. Fuller erected the first frame building in Hazleton. In about John Breedlove built a blacksmith shop. Being located on the south bank of White River, the town became a port in the days of flat and keel-boats.
The highway of travel was via the Patoka, Wabash, Ohio and Mississippi rivers and five or six weeks were required to make the round trip. A complement of five men was the usual number required with each boat. The first steamboat of any note to pass up White River was the "Cleopatria".
One of the worst wrecks in the history of southern Indiana occurred on the Evansville & Terre Haute road, now the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, at 3:00 a.m., March 10, 1897. Fast train No. 5 southbound, was wrecked at the high embankment forming the southern approach to the White River bridge about two miles (3 km) north of the town of Hazelton.
Hazleton is located at 38°29′20″N 87°32′30″W / 38.48889°N 87.54167°W (38.488953, -87.541652). Hazleton is 422 feet (129 m) above sea level.
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