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==History==
==History==
Florida was founded in 1856.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UBgVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA815#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=Historical Sketches and Reminiscences of Madison County, Indiana | publisher=Wilson, Humprheys & Co. |author1=Forkner, John La Rue |author2=Dyson, Byron H. | year=1897 | pages=815}}</ref> It likely took its name from the state of [[Florida]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3ZshAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9JcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2343%2C73306 | title=Towns named after states | work=Reading Eagle | date=Jul 2, 1897 | accessdate=14 October 2015 | pages=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SXB5AAAAMAAJ|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=134|quote=...apparently named for the state.}}</ref> A post office was established at Florida in 1864, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1903.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Madison | title=Madison County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=1 January 2015}}</ref>
Florida was founded in 1856.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UBgVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA815#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=Historical Sketches and Reminiscences of Madison County, Indiana | publisher=Wilson, Humprheys & Co. |author1=Forkner, John La Rue |author2=Dyson, Byron H. | year=1897 | pages=815}}</ref> It likely took its name from the state of [[Florida]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3ZshAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9JcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2343%2C73306 | title=Towns named after states | work=Reading Eagle | date=Jul 2, 1897 | accessdate=14 October 2015 | pages=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SXB5AAAAMAAJ|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=134|quote=...apparently named for the state.}}</ref> A post office was established at Florida in 1864, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1903.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Madison |title=Madison County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=1 January 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111949/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Madison |archivedate=4 March 2016 |df= }}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 22:35, 1 January 2017

Florida
Unincorporated community
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyMadison
TownshipLafayette
Elevation
883 ft (269 m)
ZIP code
46011
FIPS code18-23746[1]
GNIS feature ID434613[2]

Florida is an unincorporated community in Lafayette Township, Madison County, Indiana.

Geography

Florida is located at 40°09′37″N 85°42′37″W / 40.16028°N 85.71028°W / 40.16028; -85.71028.

History

Florida was founded in 1856.[3] It likely took its name from the state of Florida.[4][5] A post office was established at Florida in 1864, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1903.[6]

References

  1. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2008-01-31. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Florida, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  3. ^ Forkner, John La Rue; Dyson, Byron H. (1897). Historical Sketches and Reminiscences of Madison County, Indiana. Wilson, Humprheys & Co. p. 815.
  4. ^ "Towns named after states". Reading Eagle. Jul 2, 1897. p. 3. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  5. ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. ...apparently named for the state.
  6. ^ "Madison County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)


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