Suman, Indiana | |
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| Coordinates: 41°32′36″N86°59′58″W / 41.54333°N 86.99944°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Porter |
| Township | Jackson |
| Elevation | 742 ft (226 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 46383 |
| Area code | 219 |
| GNIS feature ID | 444384 [1] |
Suman was unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1] [2] [3] Old Suman Road is in the area. [4]
An older variant name of the village was Sumanville. [5] It was originally laid out in 1873 [6] by Isaac C. B. Suman (1831-1911), who had served during the Civil War as Colonel and commander of the 9th Indiana Infantry Regiment. A post office was established and operated until 1894. [7] A justice of the peace sat at Sumanville. [8] A nation-wide medical register and directory from 1886 reported the town's population as two-hundred. [9]
Suman was near the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line that ran through the area [10] (which is now part of CSX Transportation Garrett Subdivision). A derailment took place outside of Suman station in 1923. [11]
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Sumanville is a very small ville in the southwestern part of the township on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. A post office was established here about nine years ago, with Col. I. C. B. Suman as Postmaster. He held the office until about two years since, when Robert S. Greer took it, and still keeps it. A Mr. Jones established a store here when the railroad was built, but kept open only four or five months. Another store was started here in 1881, but was closed in about four months.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |