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 codes 812, 930
FIPS code 18-51725 [2]
GNIS feature ID439704 [1]

Mount Tabor is an unincorporated community in Bean Blossom Township, Monroe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1]

History

Mount Tabor was platted in 1828. [3] [4] The community was named directly or indirectly after Mount Tabor, in the Middle East. [5] A post office was established at Mount Tabor in 1831, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1860. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Tabor, 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.  491.
  5. ↑ 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...
  6. ↑ "Monroe County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
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