Mount Zion, Indiana

Mount Zion, Indiana
Mount Zion, Indiana
Unincorporated community
	Wells County's location in Indiana
	Mount Zion Location of Mount Zion in Wells County
	Coordinates: 40°39′01″N 85°20′05″W / 40.65028°N 85.33472°W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Wells
Township	Jackson
Elevation	863 ft (263 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	46792
FIPS code	18-51786
GNIS feature ID	439724

Mount Zion is an unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Wells County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.^[1]

History

A post office was established at Mount Zion in 1873, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1917.^[3] The community took its name from the nearby Mount Zion Church.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Zion, Indiana
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Wells County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
^ 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. The name is for a church around which the village was built.

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

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

[3] "Wells County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 7, 2016.

[4] 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. The name is for a church around which the village was built.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Wells County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Bluffton
City	Bluffton	Map of Indiana highlighting Wells County
Towns	Markle‡ Ossian Poneto Uniondale Vera Cruz Zanesville‡
Townships	Chester Harrison Jackson Jefferson Lancaster Liberty Nottingham Rockcreek Union
CDPs	Craigville Keystone Liberty Center Petroleum Tocsin
Other communities	Curryville‡ Dillman Domestic Five Points Greenville Greenwood Jeff Kingsland McNatts Mount Zion Murray North Oaks Nottingham Phenix Reiffsburg Riverside Rockford Travisville Wellsburg
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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Mount Zion, Indiana
Unincorporated community

Wells County's location in Indiana
Mount Zion Location of Mount Zion in Wells County
Coordinates: 40°39′01″N 85°20′05″W / 40.65028°N 85.33472°W / 40.65028; -85.33472
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Wells
Township	Jackson
Elevation ^[1]	863 ft (263 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	46792
FIPS code	18-51786^[2]
GNIS feature ID	439724^[1]