Siberia, Indiana

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Siberia, Indiana
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Siberia
Coordinates: 38°14′17″N86°44′01″W / 38.23806°N 86.73361°W / 38.23806; -86.73361
Country United States
State Indiana
County Perry
Township Clark
Elevation
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581 ft (177 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
47515
Area code(s) 812, 930
GNIS feature ID451460 [1]

Siberia is an unincorporated community in Clark Township, Perry County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1]

History

Siberia was platted in 1869. [2] According to legend, the town was originally going to be named Sabaria, after the place where Saint Martin of Tours was born. However, a Post Office Department employee designated the new community as Siberia, thinking "Sabaria" was a misspelling and the platter was referring to Siberia, a region of Russia, and the name stuck. [3]

A post office was established at Siberia in 1883, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1983. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Siberia, Indiana
  2. Hunt, Thomas James De la (1916). Perry County: A History. W.K. Stewart. p. 271.
  3. Hook, J. N. (June 10, 2014). All Those Wonderful Names. Open Road Media. p. 272. ISBN   978-1-4976-1186-3.
  4. "Perry County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 2, 2015.