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History of Evansville, Indiana:
Evansville Is Located At 37°58'38" North, 87°33'2" West (37.977166, -87.550566)1.
According To The United States Census Bureau, The City Has A Total Area Of 105.6 Km˛ (40.8 Mi˛). 105.4 Km˛ (40.7 Mi˛) Of It Is Land And 0.2 Km˛ (0.1 Mi˛) Of It Is Water. The Total Area Is 0.15% Water. The City Faces The Ohio River Along Its Southern Boundary.
Evansville Was Laid Out In 1817, And Was Named In Honor Of Robert Morgan Evans (1783-1844), One Of Its Founders, Who Was An Officer Under Then General William Henry Harrison In The War Of 1812. It Soon Became A Thriving Commercial Town, With An Extensive River Trade, Was Incorporated In 1819, And Received A City Charter In 1847. The Completion Of The Wabash And Erie Canal, In 1843, From Evansville To Toledo, Ohio, A Distance Of 400 Miles, Greatly Accelerated The City's Growth.
The First Sears Department Store Was Opened On October 5, 1925 In Evansville.
Evansville's Bosse Field (opened 1915) Is The Third Oldest Baseball Stadium Still Hosting Professional Games (#2 And #1 Being Chicago's Wrigley Field (1914) And Boston's Fenway Park (1912), Respectively). Game Scenes In A League Of Their Own Were Filmed There.
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