Letts, Indiana

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Letts
Unincorporated community
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Letts
Coordinates: 39°14′06″N85°33′54″W / 39.23500°N 85.56500°W / 39.23500; -85.56500
Country United States
State Indiana
County Decatur
Township Sand Creek
Elevation
896 ft (273 m)
ZIP code
47240
FIPS code 18-42984 [1]
GNIS feature ID437794 [2]

Letts is an unincorporated community in Sand Creek Township, Decatur County, Indiana. Letts once had a blinker light at highway 3 and main but to the discontent of many it has since been taken down.

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History

Letts was laid out in 1882. [3]

The Letts post office was discontinued in 1954. [4] Allen W. Lett was an early postmaster. [5]

Geography

Letts is located at 39°14′06″N85°33′54″W / 39.23500°N 85.56500°W / 39.23500; -85.56500 .

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References

  1. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ "Letts, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  3. ↑ Harding, Lewis Albert (1915). History of Decatur County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. pp.  147.
  4. ↑ "Decatur County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  5. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  196. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. ...with Allen W. Lett as postmaster...



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