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Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States
Plum Tree, Indiana
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Coordinates: 40°44′32″N 85°23′33″W / 40.74222°N 85.39250°W / 40.74222; -85.39250
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyHuntington
TownshipRock Creek
Elevation853 ft (260 m)
ZIP code46792
FIPS code18-60804
GNIS feature ID441372

Plum Tree is an unincorporated community in Rock Creek Township, Huntington County, Indiana.

History

Never officially platted, Plum Tree took its name from a large, wild plum tree. A post office was established at Plum Tree in 1876, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1893.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Plum Tree, Indiana
  2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. 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. 163.
  4. "Huntington County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
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County seat: Huntington
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