Mount St. Francis is an unincorporated area in southwestern Lafayette Township of Floyd County in the hills of the southern part of the U.S. state of Indiana, across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky. In Law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any Municipality. Lafayette Township is one of five townships in Floyd County Indiana. Floyd County is a County located in the US state of Indiana. As of 2000 the population was 70823 Southern Indiana, in the United States, is notable because it is culturally and geographically distinct from the rest of the state A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government The State of Indiana ( was the 19th US state admitted into the union The Ohio River is the largest Tributary by volume of the Mississippi River. [1] Although Mount St. Francis is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 47146. A post office is a facility authorized by a Postal system for the posting receipt sorting handling transmission or delivery of Mail. The ZIP code is the system of Postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS [2]
A major feature in the Mount St. Francis area is a similarly-named a retreat center and a residence for members of the Conventual Franciscans, a religious community of Roman Catholic men. The Order of Friars Minor Conventual (OFM Conv commonly known as the Conventual Franciscans, is a branch of the order of Roman Catholic Friars founded Mount Saint Francis is a multipurpose facility owned and administered by the Province of Our Lady of Consolation of the Conventual Franciscan Friars. This center is situated on 400 acres (1. 6 km²) of wooded land, including a large lake. The land was donated to the Franciscans by American actress Mary Anderson (1859-1940), and an arts center bearing her name is part of the Mount Saint Francis complex. Mary (Antoinette Anderson, or Mary Anderson Navarro ( July 28 1859, Sacramento, California — May 29 1940, Prior to the opening of the retreat center in 1975, the Conventual Franciscans operated a minor, or high-school seminary for young men. Graduates of this school were encouraged to continue their studies and become members of the Franciscan Order.
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