Mount Comfort is an unincorporated community in Buck Creek Township, Hancock County, Indiana.
Mount Comfort, Indiana | |
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  Mount Comfort  Mount Comfort | |
| Coordinates: 39°49′51″N 85°54′55″W / 39.83083°N 85.91528°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Hancock |
| Township | Buck Creek |
| Elevation | 856 ft (261 m) |
| ZIP code | 46140 |
| FIPS code | 18-51390[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 439557[1] |
History
editA 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]
References
edit- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Comfort, Indiana
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Hancock County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
- ^ Richman, George J. (1916). History of Hancock County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions. Wm. Mitchell Printing Company. pp. 570.
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