Cincinnati, Indiana

Cincinnati is a city within Center Township and the county seat of Greene County, Indiana, United States. The population was 3,567 at the 2010 census.

Cincinnati, Indiana
Town
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Nickname: 
Little Cincinnati
Cincinnati is located in Indiana
Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Cincinnati is located in the United States
Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Coordinates: 39°01′12″N 86°43′44″W
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyGreene
TownshipCenter
Elevation
827 ft (252 m)
Population
 • Total3,567
Time zoneUTC-5
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EST)
ZIP code
47424
Area code930
FIPS code18-12682[1]
GNIS feature ID432522[2]
Websitehttps://cityofcincinnati.wixsite.com/cincinnati-indiana

History

A post office was established at Cincinnati,IN in 1874, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1934.[3] According to tradition, the community was named when a visitor told the innkeeper that the surrounding hills and whiskey made him recall his home in Cincinnati, Ohio.[4]

Geography

Cincinnati,IN is located at 39°01′12″N 86°43′44″W.

Education

Cincinnati,IN has a public library, a branch of the Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Bloomfield Public Library.[5] Eastern Greene High School is also located in Cincinnati,IN despite having a Bloomfield address.

References
  1. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. "Cincinnati, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
  3. "Greene County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  4. Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. One night, during the first year of its existence, a drunken cattle buyer at the inn jokingly remarked that the place reminded him of his hometown, Cincinnati, Ohio, on account of its high hills and abundance of good whiskey.
  5. "Locations". Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library. Retrieved March 7, 2018.


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