Cuzco, Indiana

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Cuzco, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°28′30″N86°43′22″W / 38.47500°N 86.72278°W / 38.47500; -86.72278 Coordinates: 38°28′30″N86°43′22″W / 38.47500°N 86.72278°W / 38.47500; -86.72278
Country United States
State Indiana
County Dubois
Township Columbia
Elevation
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525 ft (160 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47432
Area code(s) 812, 930
FIPS code 18-16498 [2]
GNIS feature ID450826 [1]

Cuzco (pronounced: KUZ-co) is an unincorporated community in Columbia Township, Dubois County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1]

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History

Cuzco was platted in 1905 by William H. Nicholson. [3] It was named after Cusco, in Peru. [4] A post office was established at Cuzco in 1902, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1955. [5]

Civil War historian Gilbert R. Tredway was reared in Cuzco during the 1920s and 1930s.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cuzco, Indiana
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. ↑ Wilson, George R. (1910). History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910. Windmill Publications. pp.  347.
  4. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  108. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. ...comes from the city in Peru, South America.
  5. ↑ "Dubois County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 3 December 2016.



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