Mount Comfort, Indiana

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Mount Comfort, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Mount Comfort
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Mount Comfort
Coordinates: 39°49′51″N85°54′55″W / 39.83083°N 85.91528°W / 39.83083; -85.91528
Country United States
State Indiana
County Hancock
Township Buck Creek
Elevation
860 ft (260 m)
ZIP code
46140
FIPS code 18-51390 [1]
GNIS feature ID439557 [2]

Mount Comfort is an unincorporated community in Buck Creek Township, Hancock County, Indiana.

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History

A post office was established at Mount Comfort in 1851, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1956. [3]

Mount Comfort was platted as a town in about 1882, when the railroad was extended to that point. [4]

Geography

Mount Comfort is located at 39°49′51″N85°54′55″W / 39.83083°N 85.91528°W / 39.83083; -85.91528 .

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References

  1. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Mount Comfort, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved October 17, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Hancock County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  4. ↑ Richman, George J. (1916). History of Hancock County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions. Wm. Mitchell Printing Company. pp.  570.


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