Anita, Indiana

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Anita is an extinct town in Hensley Township, Johnson County, Indiana, United States. Anita was the site of an Illinois Central Railroad passenger depot, the station house of which was moved and converted to a home near Trafalgar in 1936. By the 1980s, Anita had been depopulated. The state highway department intended to remove it from maps, but preservationists succeeded in placing a roadside plaque to commemorate the town.

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Anita, Indiana
South 475 West,

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N 39.425833333333 °	E -86.191388888889 °

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South 475 West 3352
46181
Indiana, United States
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