Mount Zion, Indiana

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Mount Zion, Indiana
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Mount Zion
Location of Mount Zion in Wells County
Coordinates: 40°39′01″N85°20′05″W / 40.65028°N 85.33472°W / 40.65028; -85.33472
Country United States
State Indiana
County Wells
Township Jackson
Elevation
[1]
863 ft (263 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46792
FIPS code 18-51786 [2]
GNIS feature ID439724 [1]

Mount Zion is an unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Wells County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1]

History

A post office was established at Mount Zion in 1873, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1917. [3] The community took its name from the nearby Mount Zion Church. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Zion, Indiana
  2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. "Wells County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  4. Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  231. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. The name is for a church around which the village was built.