Abington, Indiana
Abington is an unincorporated community in Abington Township, Wayne County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Abington, Indiana
History
Abington was laid out and platted in 1817.
A post office was established at Abington in 1824, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1903. The name of this Quaker settlement recalled the Abington Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends located in Pennsylvania.
Demographics
The United States Census Bureau delineated Abington as a census designated place in the 2022 American Community Survey.
Notable person
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Abington, Indiana
- ^ Young, Andrew White (1872). History of Wayne County, Indiana, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time. R. Clarke & Company. pp. 144.
- ^ "Wayne County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
- ^ "2022 Geography Changes". United States Census Bureau.
- ^ "Orlando H. Manning, Iowa General Assembly". Archived from the original on December 12, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
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