Mount Tabor, Indiana

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Mount Tabor, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Mount Tabor
Coordinates: 39°18′41″N86°38′00″W / 39.31139°N 86.63333°W / 39.31139; -86.63333
Country United States
State Indiana
County Monroe
Township Bean Blossom
Elevation
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581 ft (177 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47429
Area code(s) 812, 930
FIPS code 18-51725 [2]
GNIS feature ID 439704

Mount Tabor is an unincorporated community in Bean Blossom Township, Monroe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [3]

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History

Mount Tabor was platted in 1828. [4] [5] The community was named directly or indirectly after Mount Tabor, in the Middle East. [6] A post office was established at Mount Tabor in 1831, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1860. [7]

Geography

Mount Tabor is located at 39°18′41″N86°38′00″W / 39.31139°N 86.63333°W / 39.31139; -86.63333 .

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References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Mount Tabor, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 17, 2017.
  4. ↑ History of Lawrence and Monroe Counties, Indiana: Their People, Industries, and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. 1914. pp.  436.
  5. ↑ Blanchard, Charles (1884). Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Company. pp.  491.
  6. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  231. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. Ultimately this name is for the biblical mountain...
  7. ↑ "Monroe County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 5, 2015.


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