Mount Sinai, Indiana

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

Mount Sinai
Unincorporated community
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 2008-01-31.
  2. "Mount Sinai, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  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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