Stendal is an unincorporated village and census designated place in southern Pike County, Indiana, United States. It lies along State Road 257, southeast of the city of Petersburg, the county seat of Pike County.[2] It has a post office (serving the ZIP code of 47585)[3], a fire station, and a community building.
Stendal, Indiana | |
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  Stendal  Stendal | |
| Coordinates: 38°16′0″N 87°8′40″W / 38.26667°N 87.14444°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Pike |
| Township | Lockhart |
| Elevation | 620 ft (190 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 47585 |
| Area code | 812 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2830495[1] |
Stendal is also part of Indiana's Lockhart Township and the U.S. Census Bureau's statistical Stendal census designated place (CDP).
History
editStendal was laid out in 1867, and named after Stendal, in Germany.[4] A post office has been in operation at Stendal since 1873.[5]
Stendal High School and the Stendal Aces
editIn 1912, Lockhart Township built a frame building in Stendal to function as a new school. In addition to housing a grade school the building also served as a new high school, registered that same year. However, the high school was not certified until 1923. In addition to the student base of Lockhart Township, the Stendal High School provided students from surrounding townships with an opportunity for a high school education. It had neither a gymnasium nor an assembly room. In early years, basketball and the Junior and Senior class plays were the only extra-curricular activities offered.[6]
In the midst to the great depression in 1932, the principal of Stendal High School was the highest paid among the six high school principals in Pike County, despite the depression era times.[7]
The athletic teams of Stendal High were known as the 'Aces.' Despite the fact that Stendal did not have a gymnasium, the "Gym-less Wonders" won 3 Pike County Tournaments (1927–28, 1928–29 and 1929–30) behind the star power of Indiana Basketball Hall of Famer, Kern McGlothlin.[8] The Aces also won three IHSAA Sectional titles (1930–31, 1931–32 and 1938–39) in Boys' Basketball;[9] they advanced to the Finals of the 1938-39 Vincennes Regional before losing to long-time power Vincennes Lincoln.
McGlothlin would return to Stendal as the head coach of the Aces, following a collegiate career at Evansville College. McGlothlin would accumulate a record of 319-134; including positions at Cynthiana, Ind., Greencastle, Ind., Cannelton, Ind., and Winslow, Ind. Much of his IHSAA success came at Winslow, coaching fellow Hall of Famer, Dick Farley.
Stendal High closed in 1966. The last person to graduate was Carolyn McFarland, née Bone, Class of '66 valedictorian.
Education
editThere is one school district in the county, Pike County School Corporation.[10]
Prior to 1966, Stendal had its own high school, Stendal High School, which had a mascot, the Aces. The school did not have a gymnasium oriented for basketball teams. Within the area, the people called the school's athletic teams the "gymless wonders". In 1966, Stendal High merged into Winslow High School. That school in turn merged into Pike Central High School in 1974.[11]
Notable people
editStendal is the hometown of former U.S. Senator Vance Hartke, who starred for the Stendal Aces basketball team in high school.
References
edit- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stendal, Indiana
- ^ DeLorme. Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer. 3rd ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p.(?) ISBN 0-89933-319-2.
- ^ Zip Code Lookup
- ^ Goodspeed Brothers (1984). History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana. p. 352. ISBN 9785875212222.
- ^ "Pike County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
- ^ Thomas, Arthur F. (1933). An Educational History of Pike County. Indiana State University: Indiana State Teacher's College. pp. 26–28. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
- ^ Thomas, Arthur F. (1933). An Educational History of Pike County. Indiana State University: Indiana State University Teacher's College. p. 98. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
- ^ http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/kern-mcglothlin/?query=misc3.eq.EVANSVILLE COLLEGE&xsearch_id=HallofFame_College&xsearch[0]=EVANSVILLE COLLEGE&back=HallofFame
- ^ "Get a Business Website". April 2013.
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Pike County, IN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 12, 2024. - Text list
- ^ Blackford, Nathan (July 15, 2014). "School's Out Forever". Evansville Living. Evansville, Indiana. Retrieved June 12, 2024.