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Monday, May 11, 2015

Indiana Towns with Colors in their Names


Many Indiana towns are even more colorful in the literal sense because they have colors in their names!
The following towns in Indiana have a color in their name. White Rose in Greene County has two colors in its name, hence why it is listed twice! In Indiana, here are actually two towns each of Brownstown, Mount Auburn, and Roseburg.

Auburn (mainly used to describe hair color)
Auburn – DeKalb Co.
Mount Auburn – Shelby Co.
Mount Auburn – Wayne Co.

Black
Blackhawk – Vigo Co.

Blue
Blue Ridge – Shelby Co.
Blue River – Washington Co.

Brown
Brownsburg – Hendricks Co.
Brownstown – Crawford Co.
Brownstown – Jackson Co.
Browns Valley – Montgomery
Brownsville – Union Co.

Gray/Grey
Grayford – Jennings Co.
Graysville – Sullivan Co.

Gold
Goldsmith – Tipton Co.

Green
Bowling Green – Clay Co.
Etna Green – Kosciusko Co.
Green Center – Noble Co.
Green Hill – Warren Co.
Green Oak – Fulton Co.
Greenbrier – Orange Co.
Greencastle – Putnam Co.
Greendale – Dearborn Co.
Greene – Jay Co.
Greenfield – Hancock Co.
Greenfield Mills – LaGrange Co.
Greens Fork – Wayne Co.
Greensboro – Henry Co.
Greensburg – Decatur Co.
Greentown – Howard Co.
Greenville – Floyd Co.
Greenwood – Johnson Co.

Hazel (reddish brown)
Hazel (Mt. Pleasant) – Delaware Co.
Hazelrigg – Boone Co.
Hazelwood – Hendricks Co.

Laurel – Franklin Co.

Lime
Limedale – Putnam Co.

Olive
Mount Olive – Martin Co.

Orange
Orange – Fayette Co.
Orangeville – Orange Co.

Plum
Plummer – Greene Co.
Plum Tree – Huntington Co.

Red
Reddington – Jackson Co.
Redkey – Jay Co.

Rose
Rosebud – Washington Co.
Roseburg – Grant Co.
Roseburg – Union Co.
Rosedale – Parke Co.
Roseland – Saint Joseph Co.
Roselawn – Newton Co.
White Rose – Greene Co.

Silver
Silver Lake – Kosciusko Co.
Silverville – Lawrence Co.
Silverwood – Fountain Co.

Wheat
Wheatfield – Jasper Co.
Wheatland – Knox Co.

White
New Whiteland – Johnson Co.
White Cloud – Harrison Co.
White Rose – Greene Co.
Whitehall – Owen Co.
Whiteland – Johnson Co.
Whitestown – Boone Co.
Whitewater – Wayne Co.

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