Cincinnati, Indiana

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Cincinnati, Greene County, Indiana
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Nickname: 
Little Cincinnati
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Coordinates: 39°01′12″N86°43′44″W / 39.02000°N 86.72889°W / 39.02000; -86.72889
Country United States
State Indiana
County Greene
Township Center
Elevation
827 ft (252 m)
Population
  Total3,567
Time zone UTC-5
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EST)
ZIP code
47424
Area code 930
FIPS code 18-12682 [1]
GNIS feature ID432522 [2]
Website https://cityofcincinnati.wixsite.com/cincinnati-indiana

Cincinnati is an unincorporated area within Center Township of Greene County, Indiana, United States.

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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]

Education

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

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References

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