Abington, Indiana
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Coordinates: 39°43′56″N 84°57′54″W / 39.73222°N 84.96500°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Indiana |
County | Wayne |
Township | Abington |
Elevation | 863 ft (263 m) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 47325 |
Area code | 765 |
GNIS feature ID | 2830576[1] |
Abington is an unincorporated community in Abington Township, Wayne County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1]
History
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Abington was laid out and platted in 1817.[2]
A post office was established at Abington in 1824, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1903.[3] The name of this Quaker settlement recalled the Abington Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends located in Pennsylvania.
Notable person
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Abington, Indiana
- ^ Young, Andrew White (1872). History of Wayne County, Indiana, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time. R. Clarke & Company. pp. 144.
- ^ "Wayne County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
- ^ "Orlando H. Manning, Iowa General Assembly". Archived from the original on December 12, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2012.