Editing Zionsville, Indiana (section)

==History==
Zionsville was laid out in 1852 when the railroad was extended to that point.<ref>{{cite book|title=Early Life and Times in Boone County, Indiana|url=https://archive.org/details/earlylifetimesin00hard|year=1887|publisher=Carlon & Hollenbeck|page=[https://archive.org/details/earlylifetimesin00hard/page/49 49]}}</ref> It was named for William Zion, a pioneer settler.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gannett|first=Henry|title=The origin of certain place names in the United States|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ|year=1905|publisher=Govt. Print. Off.|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n333 334]}}</ref>

[[Abraham Lincoln]] made a [[Whistle stop train tour|whistle-stop speech]] in Zionsville in 1861 when traveling to his inauguration.  Later, after his assassination in 1865, the train carrying Lincoln’s body passed through Zionsville on its circuitous route to his final rest in Springfield, Illinois.<ref>{{cite book|last=O'Guinn|first=Helen W.|title=Indianapolis: Getaways about Two Hours Away|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sYweil-KXeUC&pg=PA1|date=September 1, 2004|publisher=Globe Pequot Press|isbn=978-0-7627-2974-6|page=1}}</ref>

In 1866, Zionsville was incorporated as a town.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Devadasan |first=Neil |date=2021-05-08 |title=Zionsville |url=https://indyencyclopedia.org/zionsville/ |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=Encyclopedia of Indianapolis |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[Town Hall (Castle Hall)]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1983.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

In the 1920s, the town was known as "The [[Dahlia]] City" due to the success of two nurseries in the area in growing the flower. Starting in 2019, the Zionsville Cultural District brought the name back to promote the city, in conjunction with giving away free flowers to grow and the painting of a mural.<ref name="DahliaCityCurrent">{{cite news |last1=Skinner |first1=Anna |title=The Dahlia City: Zionsville Cultural District works to bring back town's moniker • Current Publishing |url=https://youarecurrent.com/2019/08/20/the-dahlia-city-zionsville-cultural-district-works-to-bring-back-towns-moniker/ |access-date=April 18, 2023 |work=Current |date=August 20, 2019}}</ref>