Duff, Indiana

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Duff, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Duff
Coordinates: 38°19′38″N87°01′35″W / 38.32722°N 87.02639°W / 38.32722; -87.02639
Country United States
State Indiana
County Dubois
Township Patoka
Elevation
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466 ft (142 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47542
Area code(s) 812, 930
FIPS code 18-18874 [2]
GNIS feature ID433754 [1]

Duff is an unincorporated community in Patoka Township, Dubois County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1]

History

Duff was platted in 1883 by Robert Small. It was likely named for Col. B. B. Edmonston, who had the nickname "Colonel Duff". [3]

A post office was established at Duff in 1868, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1955. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Duff, Indiana
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ Wilson, George R. (1910). History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910. Windmill Publications. pp.  367.
  4. ↑ "Dubois County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 17, 2016.


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