Hindustan, Indiana
Hindustan is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Monroe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Photo from Small Town Indiana photo survey.
History
Hindustan was platted on August 18, 1853, by Charles G. Carr. The community took its name after India (Hindustan) "...or a region of it." Documents dating from the 1870s spell the town's name as 'Hindostan'.
Geography
Hindustan is located at an altitude of 271 metres (892 feet) along Old State Road 37 between Chambers Pike and Farr Road. It is within the Morgan Monroe State Forest.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hindustan, Indiana
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ History of Lawrence and Monroe Counties, Indiana: Their People, Industries, and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. 1914. pp. 436.
- ^ Blanchard, Charles (1884). Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Company. pp. 531.
- ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 165. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3.
...named for India, or a region of it.
- ^ Location of Hindustan - Falling Rain Genomics
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