Pumpkin Center
Unincorporated community
Pumpkin Center is located in Indiana
Pumpkin Center
Pumpkin Center
Pumpkin Center is located in the United States
Pumpkin Center
Pumpkin Center
Coordinates: 38°35′22″N 86°21′52″W / 38.58944°N 86.36444°W / 38.58944; -86.36444
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyOrange
TownshipNortheast
Elevation
[1]
702 ft (214 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47452
Area code(s)812, 930
GNIS feature ID451371[1]

Pumpkin Center is an unincorporated community in Northeast Township, Orange County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1]

History

The community was probably so named from its location in a pumpkin growing district.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pumpkin Center, Orange County, Indiana
  2. ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 273. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. ...probably celebrates the large pumpkin crops grown here...


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