McCutchanville, Indiana

"McCutchanville" redirects here. Not to be confused with McCutchenville, Ohio.

McCutchanville
Unincorporated community
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Vanderburgh
Township	Center
Founded by	Scottish/ Irish immigrants
Named for	Samuel McCutchan
Elevation	495 ft (151 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	47725
Area code	812
GNIS feature ID	438847

McCutchanville is an unincorporated community in Center Township, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States. McCutchanville was established in 1845 and is named for Samuel McCutchan, a Scottish/Irish immigrant who was the first postmaster for the area.

Geography

McCutchanville is located at 38°3′51″N 87°31′28″W.

History

McCutchanville was first settled by Scottish and Irish immigrants in the early 19th century. In 1845, Samuel McCutchan became the Post Master of the communities first post office. This led to the community being called McCutchanville.

McCutchanville was also the childhood home to Annie Fellows Johnston, American author of The Little Colonel series. Annie died on October 5, 1931 and is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Evansville, Indiana. The Little Colonel series was later adapted into a 1935 American comedy drama film directed by David Butler that starred Shirley Temple, Lionel Barrymore, Evelyn Venable, John Lodge, Bill Robinson, and Hattie McDaniel.

School Districts

This area, originally part of the Vanderburgh County School Corporation, was served beginning in the mid 1800s by Center Township School #3 (McCutchanville School) on Old Petersburg Rd. In 1918, #7 (Hooker School) and #8 (Kansas School) were closed and consolidated into McCutchanville School, causing students living some distance east and south of McCutchanville to attend. In 1944, a local resident remembered walking six miles each way as a child between McCutchanville School and his home on what is now Hitch-Peters Rd. From 1948 to 1957, students in the district attended Lynch School for grades 1-2 and McCutchanville School for grades 3-8, adding students from the old Lynch School area. Between the growth of subdivisions and the Baby Boom, there was a need for a new school. The new Oak Hill School was opened in 1957 for grades 1 to 5, with grades 6 to 8 attending McCutchanville School. The Oak Hill School 1966 upper grades addition opened the school to all students in grades K to 8, and McCutchanville School was closed.

From 1966 to 1984, all students north of Lynch Road and west of the Vanderburgh/Warrick county line, in an area extending halfway into McCutchanville to the north, attended Oak Hill Elementary School (K-8) and North High School. With the 1984 EVSC middle school redistricting plan, the entire McCutchanville area (along with areas south to St. George Rd, attended Scott Elementary School, Oak Hill Middle School, and North High School. In 2011, another redistricting split Scott School's students again, with the southern part of the district again attending Oak Hill School as it was renovated into an elementary school once again. As of now, McCutchanville's students attend Scott or Oak Hill Schools for grades K-6, then North Junior High School (7-8) and North High School.

Notable residents

• Albion Fellows Bacon - reformer and writer
• Annie Fellows Johnston - author

External links

• McCutchanville Journal