Aboite, Indiana

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Aboite, Indiana
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Coordinates: 41°0′0″N85°19′5″W / 41.00000°N 85.31806°W / 41.00000; -85.31806 Coordinates: 41°0′0″N85°19′5″W / 41.00000°N 85.31806°W / 41.00000; -85.31806
Country United States
State Indiana
County Allen County
Township Lafayette
Elevation
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758 ft (231 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46804
Area code(s) 260
GNIS feature ID 429991

Aboite is an unincorporated community in Lafayette Township, Allen County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [2]

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History

Aboite was originally settled as a train stop at the intersection of the Toledo, Wabash & Western Railway with Aboite Road. The community's name is derived from the French word for "minnow". [3] A post office was established at Aboite in 1833, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1921. [4]

Geography

Aboite is located at 41°0′0″N85°19′5″W / 41.00000°N 85.31806°W / 41.00000; -85.31806 .

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References

  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. "Aboite, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  3. Griswold, Bert Joseph; Taylor, Mrs. Samuel R. (1917). The Pictorial History of Fort Wayne, Indiana: A Review of Two Centuries of Occupation of the Region about the Head of the Maumee River. Robert O. Law Company. p. 687.
  4. "Allen County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 26 August 2014.