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Cincinnati, Indiana

Coordinates: 39°01′12″N 86°43′44″W / 39.02000°N 86.72889°W / 39.02000; -86.72889
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Cincinnati,Indiana
Flag of Cincinnati,Indiana
Nickname: 
Little Cincinnati
Cincinnati is located in Indiana
Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Cincinnati is located in the United States
Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Coordinates: 39°01′12″N 86°43′44″W / 39.02000°N 86.72889°W / 39.02000; -86.72889
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyGreene
TownshipCenter
Elevation
827 ft (252 m)
Population
 • Total3,567
Time zoneUTC-5
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EST)
ZIP code
47424
Area code930
FIPS code18-12682[1]
GNIS feature ID432522[2]
Websitehttps://cityofcincinnati.wixsite.com/cincinnati-indiana

Cincinnati is an unincorporated area within Center Township of Greene County, Indiana, United States.

History

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A post office was established at Cincinnati in 1874, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1934.[3] According to tradition, the community was named when a visitor told the innkeeper that the surrounding hills and whiskey made him recall his home in Cincinnati, Ohio.[4]

Education

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Cincinnati has a public library, the Eastern Branch of the Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library.[5] Eastern Greene High School is also located in Cincinnati despite having a Bloomfield address.

References

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  1. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ "Cincinnati, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
  3. ^ "Greene County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  4. ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. One night, during the first year of its existence, a drunken cattle buyer at the inn jokingly remarked that the place reminded him of his hometown, Cincinnati, Ohio, on account of its high hills and abundance of good whiskey.
  5. ^ "Locations". Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library. Retrieved March 7, 2018.