Mount Tabor, Indiana

Mount Tabor, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Mount Tabor is located in Indiana
Mount Tabor
Mount Tabor
Mount Tabor is located in the United States
Mount Tabor
Mount Tabor
Coordinates: 39°18′41″N 86°38′00″W / 39.31139°N 86.63333°W / 39.31139; -86.63333
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyMonroe
TownshipBean Blossom
Elevation
[1]
581 ft (177 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47429
Area code(s)812, 930
FIPS code18-51725[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. ^ a b c 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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