Dexter, Indiana | |
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  Dexter  Dexter | |
| Coordinates: 38°03′33″N86°28′43″W / 38.05917°N 86.47861°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Perry |
| Township | Union |
| Elevation | 427 ft (130 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 47520 |
| Area code(s) | 812, 930 |
| GNIS feature ID | 450847 [1] |
Dexter is an unincorporated community in Union Township, Perry County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1]
A post office was established at Dexter in 1870, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1948. [2]
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Perry Township is one of the nine townships of Marion County, Indiana, United States, located in the south central part of the county. It was laid out in 1822 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and named after Oliver Hazard Perry – a War of 1812 hero. The township population was 108,972 at the 2010 census. This includes the largest community of Burmese-Americans in the United States, numbering over 24,000. Through the White River, Perry and Decatur townships share the only water boundary among Marion County's townships.
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Union Township is one of seven townships in Perry County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 557 and it contained 293 housing units.
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This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Perry County, Indiana.
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Adyeville is an unincorporated community in Clark Township, Perry County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
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