Mentor, Indiana

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Mentor, Indiana
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Coordinates: 38°18′59″N86°43′08″W / 38.31639°N 86.71889°W / 38.31639; -86.71889 Coordinates: 38°18′59″N86°43′08″W / 38.31639°N 86.71889°W / 38.31639; -86.71889
Country United States
State Indiana
County Dubois
Township Jefferson
Elevation
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741 ft (226 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47513
Area code(s) 812, 930
FIPS code 18-48420 [2]
GNIS feature ID 451211

Mentor is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Dubois County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [3]

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History

Mentor was founded in 1881 by Francis M. Sanders. Sanders, an admirer of President James A. Garfield, named the settlement for Garfield's hometown of Mentor, Ohio. [4]

An old variant name of the community was called Altoga. A post office ran with this name from 1883 to 1908. [5]

Geography

Mentor is located at 38°18′59″N86°43′08″W / 38.31639°N 86.71889°W / 38.31639; -86.71889 .

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References

  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
  2. "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. "Mentor, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  4. Wilson, George R. (1910). History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910. Windmill Publications. pp.  363.
  5. "Dubois County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 9, 2017.