Mount Tabor, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Mount Tabor is located in Indiana
Mount Tabor
Mount Tabor
Mount Tabor is located in the United States
Mount Tabor
Mount Tabor
Coordinates: 39°18′41″N 86°38′00″W / 39.31139°N 86.63333°W / 39.31139; -86.63333
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyMonroe
TownshipBean Blossom
Elevation
[1]
581 ft (177 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47429
Area code(s)812, 930
FIPS code18-51725[2]
GNIS feature ID439704[1]

Mount Tabor is an unincorporated community in Bean Blossom Township, Monroe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1]

History

Mount Tabor was platted in 1828.[3][4] The community was named directly or indirectly after Mount Tabor, in the Middle East.[5] A post office was established at Mount Tabor in 1831, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1860.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Tabor, 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. 491.
  5. ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 231. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. Ultimately this name is for the biblical mountain...
  6. ^ "Monroe County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 5, 2015.


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