The New International Encyclopædia/Princeton (Indiana)

2118204The New International Encyclopædia — Princeton (Indiana)

PRINCETON. A city and the county-seat of Gibson County, Ind., 27 miles north of Evansville; on the Evansville and Terre Haute and the Southern railroads (Map: Indiana, B 4). It has a fine court-house and a public library. The principal industries are farming and coal-mining, and the manufacturing of flour, carriages, wood handles, lumber, and brick. Shops of the Southern Railroad also are here. Princeton was settled in 1814. Population, in 1890, 3076; in 1900, 6041.