Editing Edinburgh, Indiana (section)

==History==
Edinburgh was laid out in about 1822.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historyjohnsonc00brangoog | title=History of Johnson County, Indiana | publisher=B. F. Bowen & Company | author=Branigin, Elba L. | year=1913 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyjohnsonc00brangoog/page/n544 528]}}</ref> A founder of the town being a native of Scotland may have caused the name [[Edinburgh]] to be selected.<ref>{{cite book|last=Banta|first=David Demaree|title=A Historical Sketch of Johnson County, Indiana|url=https://archive.org/details/historicalsketch00bant|year=1881|publisher=J.H. Beers & Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/historicalsketch00bant/page/111 111]}}</ref> The Edinburgh post office has been in operation since 1823.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Johnson |title=Johnson County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |access-date=November 12, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112070650/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Johnson |archive-date=November 12, 2014 }}</ref> Edinburgh was incorporated as a town in 1853.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.edinburgh.in.us/category/subcategory.php?categoryid=19 |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=Town of Edinburgh, Indiana |language=en}}</ref> Early in its history it was sometimes referred to as the town of Edinburg.<ref>{{cite web | title=History | work=The Town of Edinburgh, Indiana | url=https://www.edinburgh.in.us/department/division.php?structureid=30 | access-date=May 18, 2021 }}</ref>

[[Edinburgh Commercial Historic District]], [[South Walnut Street Historic District (Edinburgh, Indiana)|South Walnut Street Historic District]], and [[Toner Historic District]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref><ref name="nps">{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20110401.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=April 1, 2011|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 3/21/11 through 3/25/11|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>

[[File:Edinburgh, Indiana.jpg|thumb|Photo from Small Town Indiana photo survey.]]

===June 3, 2008, Tornado===
{{Further information|Tornado outbreak sequence of June 3–11, 2008}}

Severe thunderstorms formed rapidly across Central Indiana on the evening of June 3, 2008.  These storms began to rotate and produced multiple tornadoes.  One of these tornadoes traveled across northern sections of Brown County and southern sections of Johnson County.  This tornado did considerable damage to the Camp Atterbury facility.  The tornado exited Camp Atterbury and crossed US 31, entering the town of Edinburgh.  Several buildings and countless trees and power lines were damaged as the tornado moved roughly parallel with Indiana 252.  The tornado lifted near Interstate 65.  The National Weather Service rated this damaging event as an EF-2 tornado.<ref>[http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ind/?n=june03_tor June 3 2008 Tornadoes Information<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

===June 7, 2008, Flood===
{{Further information|June 2008 Midwest floods}}

Several bouts of severe thunderstorm activity and heavy rainfall affected the Edinburgh area in early June 2008.  The Big Blue River and Sugar Creek overflowed their banks as a result of this activity.  However, the worst of the weather was to come.  A line of severe thunderstorms moved across Central Indiana on the evening of June 6, 2008.  These storms began to move south out of Edinburgh, weakening as daylight was lost.  However, strong surface winds began to interact with a leftover outflow boundary from the earlier severe activity.  As a result, new thunderstorm activity began to blossom and move to the east.  This interaction produced what is known as a training effect, with thunderstorm after thunderstorm moving over the same area.

The first rainfall began to fall in Edinburgh at approximately 9:00 PM on the evening of June 6.  The torrential rain would last until 12:00 PM on June 7.  An unofficial rainfall total of {{convert|10.71|in|mm}} was measured in Edinburgh.  Official National Weather Service rainfall totals across Central Indiana during this period ranged from {{convert|3.09|in|mm}} to {{convert|9.85|in|mm}}.  This water had no place to go as it struck the already saturated grounds, so runoff was extremely high.  The Big Blue River and Sugar Creek began to rise rapidly.  Runoff quickly flooded agricultural areas and much of this water made its way into several subdivisions in Edinburgh.  Many homes were flooded with several feet of water.  US 31, [[Indiana State Road 252|SR 252]], and Interstate 65 were all flooded at the height of the flood, essentially cutting Edinburgh off from surrounding areas.<ref>[http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ind/?n=june0708flood June 2008 Indiana Flood Event<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>