Coal City, IN

Coal City is a small unincorporated community located in Jefferson Township, Owen County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The town consists of only a grocery/restaurant, and a post office. In 1852, the village of Davidsburg was platted in Section 12, Town 9 north, Range 6 west, consisting of sixteen 6000 square foot lots, 100 by 60. Coal City's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Indiana setting. The local scoop is how Coal City's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. The village changed its name to Stockton in 1854 to match its post office name, and prospered for the next two decades.