Cynthiana is a town in Smith Township, Posey County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 545 at the 2010 census. Cynthiana was named for Cynthiana, Kentucky, from whence on September 25, 1815, a group of 44 settlers had come. More settlers from the same area continued to migrate to the area over the following several years. On March 6, 1…
Cynthiana is a town in Smith Township, Posey County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 545 at the 2010 census. Cynthiana was named for Cynthiana, Kentucky, from whence on September 25, 1815, a group of 44 settlers had come. More settlers from the same area continued to migrate to the area over the following several years. On March 6, 1817, the town was laid out by William Davis, with the plat being recorded on March 17, 1817. It was not until April 22, 1896, that the town incorporated.
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