Mentor, Indiana

Mentor, Indiana
Mentor, Indiana
Unincorporated community
	Mentor Mentor
	Coordinates: 38°18′59″N 86°43′08″W / 38.31639°N 86.71889°W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Dubois
Township	Jefferson
Elevation	742 ft (226 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	47513
Area code(s)	812, 930
FIPS code	18-48420
GNIS feature ID	451211

Mentor is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Dubois County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.^[1]

History

Mentor was founded in 1881 by Francis M. Sanders. Sanders, an admirer of President James A. Garfield, named the settlement for Garfield's hometown of Mentor, Ohio.^[3]

An old variant name of the community was called Altoga. A post office ran with this name from 1883 to 1908.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mentor, Indiana
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ Wilson, George R. (1910). History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910. Windmill Publications. pp. 363.
^ "Dubois County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 9, 2017.

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[gnis-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mentor, Indiana

[GR2-2] "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

[3] Wilson, George R. (1910). History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910. Windmill Publications. pp. 363.

[4] "Dubois County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 9, 2017.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Dubois County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Jasper
Cities	Huntingburg Jasper	Map of Indiana highlighting Dubois County
Towns	Birdseye Ferdinand Holland
Townships	Bainbridge Boone Cass Columbia Ferdinand Hall Harbison Jackson Jefferson Madison Marion Patoka
CDPs	Bretzville Celestine Dubois Haysville Ireland Saint Anthony Schnellville
Other communities	Crystal Cuzco Dubois Crossroads Duff Hillham Johnsburg Kellerville Kyana Maltersville Mentor Millersport Norton‡ Portersville Saint Henry Saint Marks Thales Zoar‡
Ghost town	Ellsworth
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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Mentor, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Mentor Show map of Indiana Mentor Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 38°18′59″N 86°43′08″W / 38.31639°N 86.71889°W / 38.31639; -86.71889
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Dubois
Township	Jefferson
Elevation ^[1]	742 ft (226 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	47513
Area code(s)	812, 930
FIPS code	18-48420^[2]
GNIS feature ID	451211^[1]