Riceville, Indiana facts for kids

Riceville is a small place in Crawford County, Indiana, in the United States. It's called an unincorporated community. This means it's a group of homes and businesses that isn't officially a town or city with its own local government. Instead, it's part of the larger county area.

A Look at Its Past

Riceville has a bit of history, even though it's a small community. For many years, it had its own post office. This post office was open from 1882 until 1942. A post office is a place where people can send and receive mail. Having one usually meant a community was active and growing.

The community of Riceville was named to honor a person named Wash Rice. It's common for towns and places to be named after important people or families who lived there or helped start the community.