Mays, Indiana

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Mays, Indiana
Unincorporated community and Census-designated place
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Mays
Coordinates: 39°44′37″N85°25′44″W / 39.74361°N 85.42889°W / 39.74361; -85.42889
Country United States
State Indiana
County Rush
Township Center
Elevation
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1,014 ft (309 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46155
FIPS code 18-47826 [2]
GNIS feature ID2830519 [1]

Mays is an unincorporated community in Center Township, Rush County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1]

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History

A post office has been in operation at Mays since 1883. [3] Mays was laid out and platted in 1884. [4]

Geography

Mays lies east of the town of Carthage, and west of the unincorporated community Raleigh.

Demographics

The United States Census Bureau defined Mays as a census designated place in the 2022 American Community Survey. [5]

Education

Mays is served by Mays Community Academy for grades K-6, and they move to Benjamin Rush Middle School in Rushville for grades 7–8, and then Rushville Consolidated High School in grades 9–12.

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mays, Indiana
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Rush County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  4. ↑ History of Rush County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present, with Biographical Sketches, Notes, Etc. Eastern Indiana Publishing Company. 1888. p. 668.
  5. ↑ "2022 Geography Changes". United States Census Bureau.


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