Abington, Indiana

Abington is an unincorporated community in Abington Township, Wayne County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[2]

Abington, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Central Abington
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Coordinates: 39°43′59″N 84°57′47″W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Wayne
Township	Abington
Elevation [1]	830 ft (253 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	47325
Area code(s)	765
GNIS feature ID	429988

History

Abington was laid out and platted in 1817.[3]

A post office was established at Abington in 1824, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1903.[4]

Abington, Indiana

Geography

Abington is located at 39°43′59″N 84°57′47″W.

Notable person

• Orlando H. Manning, Lieutenant Governor of Iowa.[5]

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
2. "Abington, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
3. Young, Andrew White (1872). History of Wayne County, Indiana, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time. R. Clarke & Company. pp. 144.
4. "Wayne County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
5. "Orlando H. Manning, Iowa General Assembly". Archived from the original on 2012-12-12. Retrieved 2012-08-10.