Mechanicsburg, Boone County, Indiana

Mechanicsburg
—  Town  —
Mechanicsburg
Coordinates: 40°09′35″N 86°28′52″W / 40.15972°N 86.48111°W / 40.15972; -86.48111Coordinates: 40°09′35″N 86°28′52″W / 40.15972°N 86.48111°W / 40.15972; -86.48111
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Boone
Township	Washington
Elevation	883 ft (269 m)
ZIP code	46050
FIPS code	18-48150[1]
GNIS feature ID	438956[2]

Mechanicsburg is an unincorporated town in Washington Township, Boone County, Indiana.

Geography

Mechanicsburg is located at 40°09′35″N 86°28′52″W / 40.15972°N 86.48111°W / 40.15972; -86.48111.

The town straddles Sugar Creek, where Indiana State Road 39 crosses the stream. About two thirds of the residences, and the town's only church, are south of the stream. There was a second bridge over Sugar Creek, which carried Burg Street, but this was demolished sometime between 1980 and 2000.

Culture

Mechanicsburg has one of the few remaining operational drive-in theaters, Mel's Drive-in (formerly the Lebanon-Frankfort Drive-in Theater).

References

1. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ "Mechanicsburg, Boone County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:438956. Retrieved 2009-10-17.