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Mahon, Indiana

Coordinates: 40°56′19″N 85°22′50″W / 40.93861°N 85.38056°W / 40.93861; -85.38056
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Mahon, Indiana
Mahon is located in Indiana
Mahon
Mahon
Mahon is located in the United States
Mahon
Mahon
Coordinates: 40°56′19″N 85°22′50″W / 40.93861°N 85.38056°W / 40.93861; -85.38056
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyHuntington
TownshipJackson
Elevation755 ft (230 m)
ZIP code
46750
FIPS code18-46224[2]
GNIS feature ID438478[1]

Mahon is an unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Huntington County, Indiana.

History

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Mahon was laid out and platted in 1853, not long after the Wabash and Erie Canal was extended to that point.[3] It was named for its founder, Archibald Mahon.[4]

A post office was established at Mahon in 1853, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1867.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mahon, Indiana
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ History of Huntington County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Brant & Fuller. 1887. pp. 650.
  4. ^ Bash, Frank Sumner (1914). History of Huntington County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and Its Principal Interests. The Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 158.
  5. ^ "Huntington County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 18, 2014.