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Welcome to Anita ...

So far, we found very little information about Anita. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Anita to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Anita, please Contact Us.

Anita would have been located within present day Johnson County<2>.


We aren't confident of the location of Anita, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Anita, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1908.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Anita is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Anita was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Anita ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Anita - they are located in Alabama, California, Florida (2), Georgia, Iowa, Montana, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Anita.

Communities near Anita ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Anita.

  • Greenwood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwood have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Greenwood is located in Johnson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 60,279 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenwood <6>
  • Franklin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Martinsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Mooresville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Bargersville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • New Whiteland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Whiteland have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Whiteland
    • New Whiteland is located in Johnson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
  • Whiteland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whiteland have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteland
    • Whiteland is located in Johnson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,697 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whiteland <6>
  • Edinburgh
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Brooklyn
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brooklyn have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
    • Brooklyn is located in Morgan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,472 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brooklyn <6>
  • Southport
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Southport have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
    • Southport is located in Marion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,760 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Southport <6>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Anita. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Anita.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Anita. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Anita.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Anita. See our Newspapers Page for Anita.

Adding Anita to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Anita in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Anita was on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Anita.

The official website for Johnson County: www.co.johnson.in.us/

The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Anita, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Johnson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Anita - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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