Unattended Death and Biohazard Cleanup in Shoals, IN

Shoals is a town on the East Fork of the White River and the county seat of Martin County in southern Indiana.

The community was originally called Memphis, and under that name it was platted in 1844; the post office at Shoals has been in operation since 1869, and the town was incorporated under its current name in 1872.

Shoals became Martin County's final county seat in 1871 — Martin County has had at least seven different county seats, more than any other county in Indiana.

Shoals is best known for the Jug Rock, a huge sandstone boulder balanced on top of a narrow rock pillar — the only free-standing table rock formation east of the Mississippi River, now protected in the Jug Rock Nature Preserve.

The famous formation gives Shoals High School its unusual team name, the Jug Rox.

In the early 20th century, Shoals was known for making mother-of-pearl buttons out of mussel shells harvested from the White River.

The 2020 census counted 677 people in Shoals, and the 2010 census recorded 756 residents living in 376 households.

The Shoals Catfish Festival is held annually over the July 4th holiday weekend.

Not far from Shoals lies Hindostan Falls, once a town of about 1,200 people and an early Martin County seat, which was abandoned after a yellow fever epidemic and survives only as a historic site.