Jump to content

Mount Comfort, Indiana

Edit links
Coordinates: 39°49′51″N 85°54′55″W / 39.83083°N 85.91528°W / 39.83083; -85.91528
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by GreenC bot (talk | contribs) at 03:27, 12 April 2020 (Move 1 url. Wayback Medic 2.5). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Mount Comfort, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Mount Comfort is located in Indiana
Mount Comfort
Mount Comfort
Mount Comfort is located in the United States
Mount Comfort
Mount Comfort
Coordinates: 39°49′51″N 85°54′55″W / 39.83083°N 85.91528°W / 39.83083; -85.91528
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyHancock
TownshipBuck Creek
Elevation
860 ft (260 m)
ZIP code
46140
FIPS code18-51390[1]
GNIS feature ID439557[2]

Mount Comfort is an unincorporated community in Buck Creek Township, Hancock County, Indiana.

History

A post office was established at Mount Comfort in 1851, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1956.[3]

Mount Comfort was platted as a town in about 1882, when the railroad was extended to that point.[4]

Geography

Mount Comfort is located at 39°49′51″N 85°54′55″W / 39.83083°N 85.91528°W / 39.83083; -85.91528.

References

  1. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ^ "Mount Comfort, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  3. ^ "Hancock County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  4. ^ Richman, George J. (1916). History of Hancock County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions. Wm. Mitchell Printing Company. pp. 570.



Stub icon

This Hancock County, Indiana location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mount_Comfort,_Indiana&oldid=950443030"