Mount Sinai, Indiana

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

Mount Sinai
Unincorporated community
Mount Sinai is located in Dearborn County, Indiana
Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai
Coordinates: 39°04′50″N 84°59′55″W
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyDearborn
TownshipHogan
Elevation
873 ft (266 m)
ZIP code
47032
FIPS code18-51660[1]
GNIS feature ID439695[2]

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]

Geography

Mount Sinai is located at 39°04′50″N 84°59′55″W.

References
  1. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. "Mount Sinai, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 17, 2009.
  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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