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Dale, Indiana

Dale is in Spencer County.

About Dale, Indiana

History of Dale

• Dale was originally called Elizabeth, and was laid out under that name in 1843.
• The name was changed to Dale when a post office was established. The new name honoured Robert Dale Owen of New Harmony, the town's congressman at the time.
• The Dale post office has been in operation since 1844.

The Dale Economy

• Thermwood was founded in 1969 in Dale, Indiana, established as a plastic molder of wood-grained parts for the furniture industry.
• Thermwood designed and built most of its own plastic molding and trimming machinery in-house, developed CNC machine tool control in the 1970s to trim its plastic parts, then began selling the trim equipment for other applications, which is how its CNC router line began.
• The Indiana Department of Transportation completed a four-lane limited-access bypass in 2011, under the Major Moves programme, carrying U.S. Route 231 around the west side of Dale. Access points are at Indiana 62 on the south side, Indiana 68 on the west side, and Spencer County Road 2050 North, a new roadway, on the north side.

Community Life in Dale

• Dale is in the North Spencer County School Corporation, and has a public elementary school, David Turnham Elementary School.
• Dale has a public library, a branch of the Lincoln Heritage Public Library.
• Florence Henderson, the singer and actress best known for The Brady Bunch, was born in Dale.

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