Aboite, Indiana

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Aboite, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Aboite
Coordinates: 41°0′0″N85°19′5″W / 41.00000°N 85.31806°W / 41.00000; -85.31806
Country Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
State Flag of Indiana.svg Indiana
County Allen
Township Lafayette
Elevation
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231 m (758 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46804
Area code 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]

In 1890, the population was estimated as around 50 residents. [5] In 1900, the population was 63. [6]

By 1920, the population was 68. [7] The population was 50 in 1940. [8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  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 August 26, 2014.
  5. ↑ Cram, George Franklin (1891). Cram's Universal Atlas: Geographical, Astronomical and Historical, Containing a Complete Series of Maps of Modern Geography, Illustrated by Numerous Views and Charts; the Whole Supplemented with Valuable Statistics, Diagrams, and a Complete Gazetteer of the United States. G.F. Cram. p. 364.
  6. ↑ Cram, George F. (1900). Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled. J. R. Gray & Company. p. 134.
  7. ↑ Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States, Territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions. Rand McNally & Company. 1925. p. 185.
  8. ↑ The Attorneys List. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department. 1940. p. 264.


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