Coburg, Indiana

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Coburg, Indiana
Unincorporated town
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Coburg
Coordinates: 41°31′08″N86°56′58″W / 41.51889°N 86.94944°W / 41.51889; -86.94944
Country United States
State Indiana
County Porter
Township Washington
Elevation
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774 ft (236 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
46383
Area code 219
GNIS feature ID449641 [1]

Coburg was an unincorporated town in Washington Township, Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1] The name has also been spelled Coburgh. [2]

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Geography

Coburg was located near the junction of Indiana State Road 2 and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. [3] It was located in sections 1 and 2 of Washington Township, in the northernmost part of that township. [4]

History

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Coburg was in northern Washington Township

Settlers were present as early as 1834. [5] The community was named after Cobourg, Ontario, the native home of an early settler, Jacob T Forbes. [6] [7]

Coburg was a station and shipping point on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. According to a 1912 history of the county, when the rail line was established in the 1870s, many residents moved from Steamburg to Coburg, and Steamburg ceased to exist. [8] The B&O Railroad built a line through the area in 1873, and local resident Jacob Forbes who owned the surrounding land got to name the station. Structures from the nearby community of Steamburg were dismantled and moved. [9] A post office was established at Coburg in 1876. [10]

Coburg's population was 50 in 1890, [2] and was 43 in 1900. [11] The post office was discontinued in 1906. [12] [6] [13]

Coburg's population was 15 in 1940. [14]

According to a 1958 news report, by that point Coburg consisted of only the ruins of Jacob Forbes' home and a weather-beaten Grange hall. A store and storekeeper's residence no longer existed. The former Coburg school had become a residence. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coburg, Indiana
  2. 1 2 Cram, George Franklin (1890). 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. Chicago, IL: G.F. Cram. p. 364.
  3. ↑ "Porter County, Indiana General Highway and Transportation Map" (PDF). Indianapolis, IN: Indiana State Highway Commission. 1976. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 30, 2021. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
  4. ↑ Standard atlas of Porter County, Indiana. Chicago, IL: George A Ogle Company. 1921. p. 22.
  5. ↑ "Porter County, Indiana, GenWeb - Porter County History, 1882, Chapter VII - Washington Township". www.inportercounty.org. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  6. 1 2 Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indianapolis, IN: Indiana University Press. p.  99. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. This village was named by Jacob T. Forbes, who settled here in 1854, for his former home, Cobourg, Ontario. Forbes owned the land on which the town was laid out. A post office was established on May 8, 1876; closed on January 15, 1906.
  7. ↑ "Vidette-Messenger of Porter County 26 Mar 1991, page 79". Vidette-Messenger of Porter County. Valparaiso, IN. March 26, 1991. p. 79. Archived from the original on July 27, 2023. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  8. ↑ History of Porter County, Indiana : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests. Chicago, IL, New York, NY: Lewis Publishing Company. 1912. pp. 145, 183.
  9. 1 2 "Coburg Epic - Rise, Fall of Dynasty". The Vidette-Messenger. Valparaiso, IN. August 14, 1958. pp. 1, 6.
  10. ↑ "Porter County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
  11. ↑ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled. Chicago, IL: J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. p. 134.
  12. ↑ "Porter County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Vidette-Messenger of Porter County 26 Mar 1991, page 79". Vidette-Messenger of Porter County. Valparaiso, IN. March 26, 1991. p. 79.
  14. ↑ The Attorneys List. Baltimore, MD: United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department. 1940. p. 269.
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