Taylorville, also known as Taylorsville or Dresser, is an unincorporated town in eastern Sugar Creek Township

Sugar Creek Township, Vigo County, Indiana

Sugar Creek Township is one of twelve townships in Vigo County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 8,121.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, Sugar Creek Township covers an area of ; of this, is land and is water.-Unincorporated communities:* Barnhart...

, Vigo County

Vigo County, Indiana

Vigo County is a county located along the western border of the U.S. state of Indiana. Vigo County is included in the Terre Haute, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county seat is Terre Haute....

, Indiana

Indiana

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, USA

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. It is part of the Terre Haute metropolitan area. Though the United States Board on Geographic Names

United States Board on Geographic Names

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 has officially designated the area as Taylorville, the 2010 United States Census

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 considered the area a census designated place called Dresser.

Geography

Taylorville is located at 39°21′44"N 87°22′56"W at an elevation of 591 feet. Located very near the Wabash River

Wabash River

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, the town is nestled between Terre Haute

Terre Haute, Indiana

Terre Haute is a city and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, near the state's western border with Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 60,785 and its metropolitan area had a population of 170,943. The city is the county seat of Vigo County and...

 and West Terre Haute

West Terre Haute, Indiana

West Terre Haute is a town in Sugar Creek Township, Vigo County, Indiana, on the western side of the Wabash River near Terre Haute. The population was 2,236 at the 2010 census...

.