Mauckport, Indiana
| Mauckport, Indiana | |
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 Location of Mauckport in the state of Indiana |
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| Coordinates: 38°1′25″N 86°12′7″W / 38.02361°N 86.20194°WCoordinates: 38°1′25″N 86°12′7″W / 38.02361°N 86.20194°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Harrison |
| Township | Heth |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.20 sq mi (0.52 km2) |
| • Land | 0.19 sq mi (0.49 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) |
| Elevation | 440 ft (134 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 81 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 80 |
| • Density | 426.3/sq mi (164.6/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 47142 |
| Area code(s) | 812 |
| FIPS code | 18-47628 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0438737 |
Mauckport is a town in Heth Township, Harrison County, Indiana, along the Ohio River. The population was 81 at the 2010 census.
In the earliest times Daniel Boone and his brothers, most notably Squire Boone, were regularly in the area of Mauckport. Squire Boone settled in the area in 1806. Squire Boone's remains are just north of Mauckport in the Squire Boone Caverns.
The Mauckport area's earliest permanent settlers came from the Shenandoah Valley and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The town was named after the Maucks, a German immigrant family who first settled in that area. The town itself is built upon land granted to John Peter Mauck in an 1811 land grant. It was his son, Fredrick, who filed the original plat for the town on May 7, 1827, the town was called Mauck's Port. The original town had three streets running north to south and four streets running east to west. The original town was divided into 107 lots.
The first road from the state capital to the Ohio River, the region's central means of transportation, was built in 1809 connecting the river at Mauckport with Corydon.
It was John Peter Mauck who started the state's first ferry, a raft and tow line crossing to from Mauckport to Brandenburg, Kentucky on the opposite side of the river. It was operating at least as early as 1808. In the early days of the state it was considered the best means of entering the region by immigrants. In the earliest days, packetboats hauled timber and farm products from the port to other stops along the river. Very early after the development of the steam ship, the town had a wharf and was a frequent stop for steam ships and river barges, as it being the closest river port to the original state capital of Corydon.
In 1847, the citizens of the town filed a petition to change the name of Mauckport to New Market. The petition was granted and it remained New Market until 1850, when it was changed back to Mauckport because of another New Market post office in Indiana. The town was first incorporated in 1853.
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