Editing Mooresville, Indiana (section)

==History==
Mooresville was founded in 1824 by Samuel Moore after he had bought the area for $2 per acre. The town is named for him.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_vyqC5iVmYtYC | title=Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana: Historical and Biographical | publisher=F.A. Battey & Company | author=Blanchard, Charles | year=1884 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_vyqC5iVmYtYC/page/n110 106]}}</ref> A post office has been in operation at Mooresville since 1826.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Morgan&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Morgan County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=September 8, 2015}}</ref>

The [[Mooresville Commercial Historic District]], [[Mooresville Friends Academy Building]], and [[Mooresville Gymnasium]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

The town was home to Paul Hadley, a [[watercolorist]], who in 1916, had designed the current [[Flag of Indiana|Indiana state flag]] for a flag contest sponsored by the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]] during the state's 1916 [[centennial| centennial anniversary]]. Hadley's flag design was adopted as the official state ''banner'' on May 31, 1917, and was later renamed to the official state ''flag'' in 1955.

On April 8, 2020, an EF1 tornado hit downtown, with significant winds around {{convert|100|mph}}. From this tornado, a building on the southeast corner of Indiana and Main streets had partially collapsed in on itself. There were no injuries from the event. The building sat ruined for several months before being torn down. Due to the building's old age, the damages could not have been repaired.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gideon |first1=Lance |url=http://www.hoosiertimes.com/reporter_times/mooresville-hit-hard-no-personal-injuries-reported-in-wednesday-evening-storm-that-brought-damage-from/article_d19b0792-7a88-11ea-a317-9f69e039dbe6.html |title=Mooresville Hit Hard: No personal injuries reported in Wednesday evening storm that brought damage from EF1 tornado}}</ref>

On July 3, 2020, a group of 100 [[Black Lives Matter]] protesters marched through the streets of the town. This protest was met with quick counter protesting from a group of town locals. The two groups of protesters stood at a face off across the road on 31 S Indiana Street, with the situation escalating to the point where a small group of men camped out on a nearby roof of a business wielding multiple guns. Police at the scene were aware of the men with guns, but they couldn't do anything as the men were on their private property. The scene played out for several hours, only being held back by the police on both sides of the road.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/mooresville-protest-in-support-of-black-lives-matter-brings-out-two-groups-with-opposing-points-of-view/531-340e0d4e-6d62-4e1b-9090-4f8ba8a63cd7|title=Mooresville protest in support of 'Black Lives Matter' brings out two groups with opposing points of view | access-date = April 7, 2024}}</ref>

In November 2023, the retail supermarket store [[Walmart]] in collaboration with [[Hasbro]] had released a [[Monopoly board game]] themed after the town of Mooresville titled "Mooresville-Opoly." This board game sold for a limited time at the [[Camby]] Walmart store only.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=750207147123114&id=100064015059128&set=a.715033347307161|title=Walmart Camby|access-date = May 29, 2024}}</ref>