Hindustan, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Hindustan Christian Church
Hindustan Christian Church
Hindustan is located in Indiana
Hindustan
Hindustan
Hindustan is located in the United States
Hindustan
Hindustan
Coordinates: 39°18′29″N 86°29′00″W / 39.30806°N 86.48333°W / 39.30806; -86.48333
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyMonroe
TownshipWashington
Elevation
[1]
853 ft (260 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47408
Area code(s)812, 930
FIPS code18-34042[2]
GNIS feature ID436233[1]

Hindustan is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Monroe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1]

History

Photo from Small Town Indiana photo survey.

Hindustan was platted on August 18, 1853, by Charles G. Carr.[3][4] The community took its name after India (Hindustan) "...or a region of it."[5] Documents dating from the 1870s spell the town's name as 'Hindostan'.

Geography

Hindustan is located at an altitude of 271 metres (892 feet)[6] along Old State Road 37 between Chambers Pike and Farr Road. It is within the Morgan Monroe State Forest.

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hindustan, Indiana
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ History of Lawrence and Monroe Counties, Indiana: Their People, Industries, and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. 1914. pp. 436.
  4. ^ Blanchard, Charles (1884). Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Company. pp. 531.
  5. ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 165. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. ...named for India, or a region of it.
  6. ^ Location of Hindustan - Falling Rain Genomics


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