Eagletown, Indiana
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Eagletown is an unincorporated town in Washington Township
Washington Township, Hamilton County, Indiana
Washington Township is one of nine townships in Hamilton County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 18,358. In 2007, the township had 29,361 residents...

, Hamilton County
Hamilton County, Indiana
Hamilton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. Census 2010 recorded a population of 274,569. The county seat is Noblesville....

, Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

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The largest architectural feature of the town is Eagletown Estates, a 38 lot mobile home park.. Lawyer and congressional candidate Nels Ackerson
Nels Ackerson
Nels Ackerson is the founding partner of the law firm of Ackerson Kauffman Fex and is a 2008 candidate for the U.S. Congress in Indiana’s 4th Congressional District. He lives in Maryland and practices law in Washington DC.- Background :...

 was born in Eagletown, and in 2006 with his sister Karen Ackerson Jamesen announced plans for "...a 1900s-themed, master-planned community with a mix of 1,125 houses, townhouses, condos and apartments and up to 1.5 million square feet of retailing, restaurants, office and business buildings..." on their former family farm.

Musician Josh "The Reverend" Peyton of the country blues band The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band is a three-piece American country blues band from Brown County, Indiana. They play more than 250 dates per year at venues ranging from bars to festivals. To date, they have released seven albums, the most recent is Peyton on Patton a tribute to blues pioneer...

 was born in Eagletown.

It is also the fictional home of Cozy's Bar where the character Ron Swanson
Ron Swanson
Ronald Ulysses "Ron" Swanson is a fictional character played by Nick Offerman in the American comedy television series Parks and Recreation on NBC. Ron is parks department director in the Indiana city of Pawnee and the immediate superior of protagonist Leslie Knope...

 of the NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

 television show Parks and Recreation
Parks and Recreation
Parks and Recreation is an American comedy television series on NBC that focuses on Leslie Knope , a mid-level bureaucrat in the parks department of Pawnee, a fictional town in Indiana. Created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, the series debuted on April 9, 2009; it has run for three seasons and...

plays jazz saxophone under the pseudonym "Duke Silver".

Geography

Eagletown is located at 40°02′32"N 86°11′45"W. It is on Indiana State Road 32
Indiana State Road 32
State Road 32 in the U.S. State of Indiana is an east–west highway in central Indiana that crosses the entire state, covering a distance of about .-Route description:...

 and roughly between two small airports, the Indianapolis Executive Airport
Indianapolis Executive Airport
Indianapolis Executive Airport is a public airport at 11329 E. State Road 32 in Zionsville, a town in Boone County, Indiana, United States. The airport is located just west of the border of Hamilton County and is owned by the Hamilton County Airport Authority...

 and the Westfield Airport
Westfield Airport
Westfield Airport is a public use airport located two nautical miles west of the central business district of Westfield, a city in Hamilton County, Indiana, United States...

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