Mooresville

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. A post office has been in operation at Mooresville since 1826. The Mooresville Commercial Historic District, Mooresville Friends Academy Building, and Mooresville Gymnasium are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The town was home to Paul Hadley, a watercolorist, who in 1916, had designed the current Indiana state flag for a flag contest sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution during the state's 1916 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 . 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. 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. In November 2023, the retail supermarket store Walmart in…

Geography

Mooresville is in northeastern Morgan County; the northern border of the town follows the Hendricks County line. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Mooresville has a total area of , of which , or 0.84%, are water. The center of Mooresville sits between White Lick Creek to the west and its East Fork to the east. White Lick Creek flows south to join the White River north of Martinsville.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  10,409
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  9,175
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  7,813
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  7,694
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  7,652
• House Finch

  Haemorhous mexicanus (P.L.Statius Müller, 1776) · Aves
  7,610
• Downy Woodpecker

  Dryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  6,976
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  6,936

Largest nearby schools

• Mooresville High School
  High · Mooresville · 1,404 students · 20.3:1 ratio
• Monrovia Elementary School
  Elementary · Monrovia · 702 students · 15.6:1 ratio
• Paul Hadley Middle School
  Middle · Mooresville · 687 students · 20.2:1 ratio
• North Madison Elementary School
  Elementary · Camby · 632 students · 18.1:1 ratio
• Neil Armstrong Elementary School
  Elementary · Mooresville · 537 students · 19.2:1 ratio
• Monrovia High School
  High · Monrovia · 528 students · 17:1 ratio
• Northwood Elementary School
  Elementary · Mooresville · 440 students · 16.9:1 ratio
• Waverly Elementary School
  Elementary · Martinsville · 352 students · 16.8:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.5 — 2023-10-31
  7 km ESE of Linden, Indiana
• M 3.82 — 2021-06-17
  Illinois-Indiana border region
• M 3.8 — 2010-12-30
  6 km SE of Greentown, Indiana
• M 3.8 — 2004-09-12
  4 km NW of Manilla, Indiana