Sedan, Indiana

Sedan is an unincorporated community in Richland Township, DeKalb County, Indiana.

Sedan
Unincorporated community
Sedan
Sedan
Coordinates: 41°26′11″N 85°05′58″W
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyDeKalb
TownshipRichland
Elevation932 ft (284 m)
ZIP code
46730
FIPS code18-68616[2]
GNIS feature ID443193

History

The Sedan post office was discontinued in 1908.[3] It was likely named after Sedan, in France.[4]

Geography

Sedan is located at 41°26′11″N 85°05′58″W.

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gollark: > as bad as it is to say, most of the deaths are people that are only alive from medicine artificially inflating life spans well beyond the designed parameters... is wanting to live longer a bad thing now? There are no "designed parameters" with humans, what with us being weird evolved systems, only "mostly works" ones, and we've been continually pushing those with stuff like, well, medicine.
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References
  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. "DeKalb County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  4. Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 297. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. ...Sedan, apparently for the French city...



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