Hindustan, Indiana

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Hindustan, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Hindustan Christian Church
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Hindustan
Coordinates: 39°18′29″N86°29′00″W / 39.30806°N 86.48333°W / 39.30806; -86.48333
Country United States
State Indiana
County Monroe
Township Washington
Elevation
[1]
853 ft (260 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47408
Area code(s) 812, 930
FIPS code 18-34042 [2]
GNIS feature ID436233 [1]

Hindustan is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Monroe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1]

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History

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Photo from Small Town Indiana photo survey.

Hindustan was platted on August 18, 1853, by Charles G. Carr. [3] [4] The community took its name after India (Hindustan) "...or a region of it." [5] Documents dating from the 1870s spell the town's name as 'Hindostan'.

Geography

Hindustan is located at an altitude of 271 metres (892 feet) [6] along Old State Road 37 between Chambers Pike and Farr Road. It is within the Morgan Monroe State Forest.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hindustan, Indiana
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ History of Lawrence and Monroe Counties, Indiana: Their People, Industries, and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. 1914. pp.  436.
  4. ↑ Blanchard, Charles (1884). Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Company. pp.  531.
  5. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  165. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. ...named for India, or a region of it.
  6. ↑ Location of Hindustan - Falling Rain Genomics


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