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Wrights Corner, Indiana

Coordinates: 39°08′08″N 84°57′26″W / 39.13556°N 84.95722°W / 39.13556; -84.95722
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Wrights Corner
Wrights Corner is located in Dearborn County, Indiana
Wrights Corner
Wrights Corner
Coordinates: 39°08′08″N 84°57′26″W / 39.13556°N 84.95722°W / 39.13556; -84.95722
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyDearborn
TownshipManchester
Elevation902 ft (275 m)
ZIP code
47022
FIPS code18-85670[2]
GNIS feature ID449749[1]

Wrights Corner is an unincorporated community in Manchester Township, Dearborn County, Indiana, United States.

History

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A post office was established at Wrights Corner in 1853, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1903.[3] Wrights Corner was named for Washington Wright, who kept a store and served as the postmaster.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wrights Corner, Indiana
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ "Dearborn County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
  4. ^ History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties, Indiana. F. E. Weakley. 1885. pp. 555.