Editing Owensville, Indiana (section)

==History==
Owensville was established in 1817<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OlQ0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA13 | title=History of Gibson County, Indiana | publisher=Cook & McDowell Publications | author=Peattie, Elia Wilkinson | year=1897 | pages=13}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l1E0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA343 | title=History of Gibson County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions | publisher=B.F. Bowen | author=Stormont, Gil R. | year=1914 | pages=343}}</ref> by Phillip Briscoe, when he filed the town plat consisting of 52 parcels and five out-parcels. A fire in 1876 destroyed many of the wood framed businesses on the eastern side of the town square.

It was not until 1881 that Owensville incorporated.<ref>{{cite book
  |title=The First Malone Families to Settle in Gibson County, Indiana Territory: Volume 1
  |author=Steve Malone
  |publisher=self published
  |year=2012
  |page=5
   |url=https://archive.org/stream/TheFirstTwoMaloneFamiliesToSettleInGibsonCountyIndianaTerritory_619/TheFirstMaloneFamiliesToSettleInGibsonCountyIndianaTerritoryVolume2#page/n0/mode/2up
}}</ref>

On March 18, 1925, the [[Tri-State Tornado]] struck just northwest of the town, killing nine people.

On [[Tornado outbreak of February 28 – March 1, 2017|February 28, 2017]], an EF3 wedge tornado, originating in [[Crossville, Illinois]], passed to the south of the town, destroying or heavily damaging several structures along Indiana 65. The highway was closed for several days as power crews replaced several large power poles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.courierpress.com/story/news/2017/03/01/family-friends-come-together-help-after-tornado-gibson-county/98585748/|title = Family, friends come together to help after tornado in Gibson County}}</ref>

On [[Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024|April 8, 2024]], Owensville, along with most of the rest of southwestern Indiana viewed a total solar eclipse, lasting approximately 3 minutes and 55 seconds.<ref>[https://www.eclipse-chasers.com/php/tseCalculatorBig2.php?TSE=tse2024d 2024 Solar Eclipse]</ref>