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- In the 1840s, the owners of the farmland that would later become the city of Brazil decided to name their farm after the country of Brazil.
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In 1838, William Stewart, a native of Massachusetts, settled in Clay County and built the first house in the town of Brazil. Having taught several terms of school in Ohio and Indiana, he taught the first term of school in Brazil.
In the 1840s, the owners of the farmland that would later become the city of Brazil decided to name their farm after the country of Brazil. [6] The city was founded in 1866. [7] As of 2024, Brazil is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Nov 18, 2016 · In southern Indiana, in the American Midwest, there's town called Brazil. Throughout North America, settlements were often named after a place, almost always in Europe, to which the founders had links.
Brief History of City of Brazil. From the 1908 Brazil City Directory. In the year of 1843, Owen THORPE moved a house from the practically abandoned town-site of the original Harmony and placed it alongside the National Road, at a point three miles westward. In the early part of the year following (1844), he founded a town-site here.
Sep 17, 2009 · Brazil, Indiana, has its roots in a farm that dates to the 1840s. At that time, the country Brazil had been in the news, and it apparently captured the farm’s owners imaginations so much that they named their farm Brazil. Apparently, others settled around the farm and in 1866 the whole place was incorporated as a town using the farm’s name.
The name Brazil is a shortened form of Terra do Brasil ("Land of Brazil"), a reference to the brazilwood tree. The name was given in the early 16th century to the territories leased to the merchant consortium led by Fernão de Loronha, to exploit brazilwood for the production of wood dyes for the European textile industry.
Introduction to Brazil, Indiana. Located in Clay county, Brazil, Indiana, is 15 miles E of Terre Haute, Indiana (center to center) and 54 miles W of Indianapolis, Indiana. Brazil is part of the surrounding Terre Haute metro area. Brazil History. The city of Brazil was founded in 1866.
