Youngstown is an unincorporated town in southern Honey Creek Township

Honey Creek Township, Vigo County, Indiana

Honey Creek Township is one of twelve townships in Vigo County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 14,280. It contains Terre Haute's main shopping district along US Route 41 and is by far the most characteristically suburban of the twelve Vigo County townships...

, Vigo County

Vigo County, Indiana

Vigo County is a county located along the western border of the U.S. state of Indiana. Vigo County is included in the Terre Haute, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county seat is Terre Haute....

, Indiana

Indiana

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United States

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. It is part of the Terre Haute metropolitan area.

History

Youngstown was subdivided and made a village March 31, 1868, by Chauncey R. Carr. It was a station on the Evansville & Terre Haute Rail Road, about seven miles south of Terre Haute

Terre Haute, Indiana

Terre Haute is a city and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, near the state's western border with Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 60,785 and its metropolitan area had a population of 170,943. The city is the county seat of Vigo County and...

. George Planett built the first business house in 1868, when he was made the first postmaster. As of 1890 the population was approximately 39.

Geography

Youngstown is located at 39°21′44"N 87°22′56"W at an elevation of 591 feet.