Beanblossom, Indiana

Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States

39°16′01″N 86°14′57″W / 39.26694°N 86.24917°W / 39.26694; -86.24917CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyBrownTownship JacksonElevation

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738 ft (225 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code

46160

Area codes812 & 930FIPS code18-03790^[2]GNIS feature ID430609^[1]

Beanblossom, also spelled Bean Blossom, is an unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Brown County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.^[1] The town was named for the nearby Beanblossom Creek, which was in turn named for a person whose surname was Beanblossom.^[3]

History

Beanblossom was originally called Georgetown, for George Grove who ran a grist mill in the area and under the latter name was founded in 1833.^[4] The first post office in the community was established as Bean Blossom in 1842; the post office was discontinued in 1911.^[5]

Geography

Beanblossom is located about four miles (6 km) north of Nashville at the intersection of state roads 45 and 135. The closest town to Beanblossom is Helmsburg, approximately two miles west.^[6]

The Beanblossom Covered Bridge

Culture

Bean Blossom is best known as the home of the Bill Monroe Memorial Music Park and Campground, a 55-acre (220,000 m²) wooded campground which for more than 60 years has hosted music performances (mostly country and bluegrass),^{[citation needed]} first at the Brown County Jamboree barn and currently at outdoor stages.^[7] A bluegrass festival (currently called the Bill Monroe Memorial Festival) has been held every June since 1967 and is the longest continuously-running bluegrass festival in the world.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Beanblossom, Indiana
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Beanblossom, Indiana Home Page". Archived from the original on June 21, 2007. Retrieved April 20, 2007.
^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. This village was platted in 1833 and first named Georgetown...
^ "Brown County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
^ "6 Indiana Ghost Towns - Gone and (Almost) Forgotten". December 4, 2016.
^ Adler, Thomas (2011). Bean Blossom: The Brown County Jamboree and Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Festivals. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-03615-6.