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Prescott
Unincorporated community
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Shelby
Township	Shelby
Elevation	840 ft (260 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	46176
GNIS feature ID	441576

Prescott is an unincorporated community in Shelby Township, Shelby County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History

Prescott was laid out in 1867 when the railroad was extended to that point.

A post office was established at Prescott in 1860, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905.

Geography

Prescott is located at 39°28′45″N 85°42′30″W / 39.47917°N 85.70833°W / 39.47917; -85.70833.

Municipalities and communities of Shelby County, Indiana, United States

County seat: Shelbyville

City	Shelbyville

Towns	Edinburgh‡ Fairland Morristown St. Paul‡

Townships	Addison Brandywine Hanover Hendricks Jackson Liberty Marion Moral Noble Shelby Sugar Creek Union Van Buren Washington

CDP	Waldron

Other unincorporated communities	Beech Brook Bengal Blue Ridge Boggstown Brookfield Candleglo Village Clover Village Fenns Flat Rock Fountaintown Freeport Geneva Green Meadows Gwynneville Hildebrand Village Knighthood Grove Knighthood Village Lewis Creek London London Heights Marietta Marion Meiks Meltzer Middletown Morven Mount Auburn Norristown Pleasant View Pleasure Valley Prescott Rays Crossing Sleepy Hollow Smithland Southeast Manor Sugar Creek Wilson Corner

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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