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Cleveland, Indiana

Coordinates:39°47′25″N85°38′41″W/ 39.79028°N 85.64472°W/39.79028; -85.64472
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Cleveland, Indiana
Cleveland is located in Indiana
Cleveland
Cleveland
Cleveland is located in the United States
Cleveland
Cleveland
Coordinates:39°47′25″N85°38′41″W/ 39.79028°N 85.64472°W/39.79028; -85.64472
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyHancock
TownshipJackson
Elevation974 ft (297 m)
ZIP code
46140
FIPS code18-13546[2]
GNISfeature ID432645[1]

Clevelandis anunincorporated communityinJackson Township,Hancock County,Indiana.

History

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Cleveland was initially called Portland and, under the latter name, was laid out andplattedin 1834.[3]The community was renamed Cleveland in 1855.[4]

A post office was established in Cleveland in 1852 and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1903.[5]

References

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  1. ^abU.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cleveland, Indiana
  2. ^"U.S. Census website".United States Census Bureau.RetrievedJanuary 31,2008.
  3. ^Richman, George J. (1916).History of Hancock County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions.Wm. Mitchell Printing Company. pp.719.
  4. ^Binford, John H. (1882).History of Hancock County, Indiana: From Its Earliest Settlement by the "pale Face," in 1818, Down to 1882.King & Binford. pp.249.
  5. ^"Hancock County".Jim Forte Postal History.RetrievedSeptember 17,2014.