Stone Head, Indiana

Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States

39°07′48″N 86°09′32″W / 39.13000°N 86.15889°W / 39.13000; -86.15889CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyBrownTownship Van BurenElevation

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584 ft (178 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code

47201

Area code(s)812 & 930FIPS code18-73448^[2]GNIS feature ID444206^[1]

Stone Head is an unincorporated community in Van Buren Township, Brown County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.^[1]

History

Stone Head was named after the historic 1851 mile marker sculpture in the shape of a head. It was carved by Henry Cross.^[3] Stone Head contained a post office from 1890 until 1891.^[4]

Sculpture

In 1974 the entire piece, the base and the head, came up missing. Police found it four months later in an apartment in Indianapolis. Two teenagers were using it as a hat rack, according to a story published in the Brown County Democrat. The Thomas A. Hendricks House and Stone Head Road Marker was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.^[5]

In November 2016, the carving was beheaded. It has not been found and no arrests have been made.^[6] A monument honoring Henry Cross and destroyed Stone Head was placed in October 2017 by Casey Winningham, an Indiana master stone carver.

Kissing the stone head was said to bring good luck.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stone Head, Indiana
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ Wissing, Douglas (2001). Indiana. Globe Pequot Press. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-56044-906-5.
^ "Brown County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Iconic Brown County statue beheaded".
^ Wolfsie, Dick (November 10, 2009). Indiana Curiosities, 3rd: Quirky characters, roadside oddities & other offbeat stuff. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 197. ISBN 978-0-7627-6161-6.