Cincinnati, Indiana

Cincinnati is an unincorporated community in Center Township, Greene County, Indiana.

For the unincorporated community in Parke County, see Cincinnati, Parke County, Indiana.
Cincinnati, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Coordinates: 39°01′12″N 86°43′44″W
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyGreene
TownshipCenter
Elevation
827 ft (252 m)
ZIP code
47424
FIPS code18-12682[1]
GNIS feature ID432522[2]

History

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]

Geography

Cincinnati is located at 39°01′12″N 86°43′44″W.

Education

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

References
  1. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. "Cincinnati, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
  3. "Greene County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 3 September 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 7 March 2018.


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