Mount Comfort, Indiana

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

Mount Comfort, Indiana
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
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyHancock
TownshipBuck Creek
Elevation
860 ft (260 m)
ZIP code
46140
FIPS code18-51390[1]
GNIS feature ID439557[2]

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.

References

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


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