Andersonville, IN

Andersonville is an unincorporated town in Posey Township in the northwest corner of Franklin County, Indiana, United States. On October 17, 1820, the government granted 160 acres to John and Simeon Barber/Barbour. Andersonville, the original town known as Ceylon, was laid out in October 1831 by Simeon Barber in 1831. In Andersonville, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Andersonville, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. Andersonville is located at an elevation of 1050 feet. Andersonville lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 52 and the east end of Indiana State Road 244; this forms an acute angle, and the named streets run north and south in the triangle thus formed.