Anita, Indiana

Anita, Indiana
Anita, Indiana
	Anita Anita
	Coordinates: 39°25′33″N 86°11′29″W / 39.42583°N 86.19139°W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Johnson
Township	Hensley
Elevation	813 ft (248 m)
ZIP code	46181
FIPS code	18-01684
GNIS feature ID	430180

Anita is an extinct town in Hensley Township, Johnson County, Indiana, United States.^[3]^[4]

Anita was the site of an Illinois Central Railroad passenger depot, the station house of which was moved and converted to a home near Trafalgar in 1936.^[4]^[5]^[6]

By the 1980s, Anita had been depopulated. The state highway department intended to remove it from maps, but preservationists succeeded in placing a roadside plaque to commemorate the town.^[4]

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^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Anita, Indiana
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
^ "Railroad put long-gone Anita on the state map". The Daily Journal (Franklin, Indiana). June 19, 2001. p. 23. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Rund, Christopher (2006), The Indiana Rail Road Company: America's New Regional Railroad, Indiana University Press, pp. 218–219, ISBN 9780253346926, Anita is another town along the line bearing the name of a young lady...By the 1980's the Anita was almost non-existent...The state highway department was on the verge of erasing Anita from map, but proponents of the all-but-forgotten town successfully petitioned to preserve Anita's identity. The town remained acknowledged on paper and was even marked by a commemorative roadside plaque.
^ "Index to All Stations" (PDF). Illinois Central Railroad. September 28, 1947. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
^ "Surviving Indiana Railroad Stations" (PDF). American Rails. Retrieved August 22, 2022.

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[gnis-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Anita, Indiana

[GR2-2] "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

[3] "Railroad put long-gone Anita on the state map". The Daily Journal (Franklin, Indiana). June 19, 2001. p. 23. Retrieved August 27, 2022.

[ICR-4] Rund, Christopher (2006), The Indiana Rail Road Company: America's New Regional Railroad, Indiana University Press, pp. 218–219, ISBN 9780253346926, Anita is another town along the line bearing the name of a young lady...By the 1980's the Anita was almost non-existent...The state highway department was on the verge of erasing Anita from map, but proponents of the all-but-forgotten town successfully petitioned to preserve Anita's identity. The town remained acknowledged on paper and was even marked by a commemorative roadside plaque.

[5] "Index to All Stations" (PDF). Illinois Central Railroad. September 28, 1947. Retrieved August 27, 2022.

[6] "Surviving Indiana Railroad Stations" (PDF). American Rails. Retrieved August 22, 2022.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Johnson County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Franklin
Cities	Franklin Greenwood	Map of Indiana highlighting Johnson County
Towns	Bargersville Edinburgh‡ New Whiteland Prince's Lakes Trafalgar Whiteland
Townships	Blue River Clark Franklin Hensley Needham Nineveh Pleasant Union White River
CDPs	Amity Needham Nineveh
Other communities	Anita Banta‡ Bluff Creek Bud Critchfield Frances Hopewell Kinder Mount Pleasant Old Bargersville Peoga‡ Providence Reds Corner Rocklane Samaria Smith Valley Stones Crossing Urmeyville Waterloo
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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