Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA
1895 - Jeffersonville

Jeffersonville, a city of Indiana, the capital of Clarke co., on the Ohio River, opposite Louisville, Ky., 5 or 6 miles above New Albany, and 108 miles S. of Indianapolis. The river encloses several verdant islands, and falls 22 feet in 2 miles. Jeffersonville is the S.W. terminus of a branch of the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad, which connects with the main line at North Vernon, and is the S. terminus of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, which here crosses the river on an iron bridge,— perhaps the longest iron structure in the United States. This bridge is the connecting link between the great railway systems of the North and South. The city is built on elevated ground, which commands a fine view of the river and of Louisville. It contains 14 churches, the Jefferson depot for army supplies (the largest in the United States), 2 national banks, the Southern State Prison, a high school, several iron-foundries and machine-shops, and the Ohio Falls Car-Works. A daily and a weekly newspaper are published here. Pop. in 1890, 10,666.

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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