Yoder is an unincorporated town in Pleasant Township, Allen County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[2] Yoder is approximately eight miles northwest of Magley, Indiana.
Yoder, Indiana | |
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  Yoder  Yoder | |
| Coordinates: 40°55′52″N 85°10′36″W / 40.93111°N 85.17667°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Allen |
| Township | Pleasant |
| Elevation | 810 ft (250 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 46798 |
| Area code | 260 |
| GNIS feature ID | 446396 |
History
editThe Yoder post office was established in 1934.[3] Originally known as Sheldon,[4] Yoder was renamed after the railroad.[5]
References
edit- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Yoder, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
- ^ "Allen County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
- ^ Andreas, Alfred Theodore (1876). "Allen County". Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Indiana. Chicago: Baskin, Forster & Company.
- ^ Griswold, Bert Joseph; Taylor, Mrs. Samuel R. (1917). The Pictorial History of Fort Wayne, Indiana: A Review of Two Centuries of Occupation of the Region about the Head of the Maumee River. Robert O. Law Company. p. 700.
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