Mount Sinai, Indiana
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  Mount Sinai | |
| Coordinates: 39°04′55″N 85°00′02″W / 39.08194°N 85.00056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Dearborn |
| Township | Hogan |
| Elevation | 873 ft (266 m) |
| ZIP code | 47032 |
| FIPS code | 18-51660[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 439695[1] |
Mount Sinai is an unincorporated community in Hogan Township, Dearborn County, Indiana.
History
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Sinai, Indiana
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ 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...
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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