Alert, Indiana

Alert is an unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Decatur County, Indiana.

History

Alert was laid out in 1886.^[3]

An 1896 railroad map of Indiana shows Alert and a nearby point labeled "Sta." along a rail line.^[4]

A freighthouse at Alert was dated to 1898 in a National Register nomination for the Southern Indiana Railroad Freighthouse.^[5]

1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alert, Indiana
↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
↑ Harding, Lewis Albert (1915). History of Decatur County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. pp. 132.
↑ Railroad map of Indiana (Map). Indiana State Board of Tax Commissioners. 1896. Retrieved May 4, 2026 – via Library of Congress.
↑ Southern Indiana Railroad Freighthouse. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (Report). National Park Service. Retrieved May 4, 2026.

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Alert
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 39°09′37″N 85°40′42″W / 39.16028°N 85.67833°W / 39.16028; -85.67833
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Decatur
Township	Jackson
Elevation ^[1]	764 ft (233 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	90
ZIP code	47283
FIPS code	18-00892^[2]
GNIS feature ID	430058^[1]