Mount Sinai, Indiana

Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States
39°04′55″N 85°00′02″W / 39.08194°N 85.00056°W / 39.08194; -85.00056CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyDearbornTownshipHoganElevation873 ft (266 m)ZIP code
47032
FIPS code18-51660[2]GNIS feature ID439695[1]

Mount Sinai is an unincorporated community in Hogan Township, Dearborn County, Indiana.

History

Mount Sinai took its name from Mount Sinai Methodist Episcopal Church.[3] The namesake church was completed in about 1835, and has since been torn down.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Sinai, Indiana
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 230. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. This village was named for the Mount Sinai Methodist Episcopal Church...
  4. ^ Shaw, Archibald (1915). History of Dearborn County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions, with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Old Families. Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen and Company, Inc. p. 391.
  5. ^ History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties, Indiana: From Their Earliest Settlement, Containing a History of the Counties; Their Cities, Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, and Churches. Whipporwill Publications. 1885. p. 485.
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