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Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States
Mount Sinai
Unincorporated community
Mount Sinai is located in Dearborn County, IndianaMount SinaiMount Sinai
Coordinates: 39°04′55″N 85°00′02″W / 39.08194°N 85.00056°W / 39.08194; -85.00056
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyDearborn
TownshipHogan
Elevation873 ft (266 m)
ZIP code47032
FIPS code18-51660
GNIS feature ID439695

Mount Sinai is an unincorporated community in Hogan Township, Dearborn County, Indiana.

History

Mount Sinai took its name from Mount Sinai Methodist Episcopal Church. The namesake church was completed in about 1835, and has since been torn down.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Sinai, Indiana
  2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 230. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. This village was named for the Mount Sinai Methodist Episcopal Church...
  4. Shaw, Archibald (1915). History of Dearborn County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions, with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Old Families. Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen and Company, Inc. p. 391.
  5. History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties, Indiana: From Their Earliest Settlement, Containing a History of the Counties; Their Cities, Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, and Churches. Whipporwill Publications. 1885. p. 485.
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