Cincinnati, Indiana Explained

Official Name:	Cincinnati, Greene County, Indiana
Mapsize:	260px
Pushpin Map:	Indiana#USA
Pushpin Label:	Cincinnati
Pushpin Label Position:	top
Population Total:	3,567
Utc Offset:	-5
Utc Offset Dst:	-4
Coordinates:	39.02°N -86.7289°W
Elevation Ft:	827
Postal Code:	47424
Blank Info:	18-12682^[1]
Blank1 Name:	GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:	432522
Website:	https://cityofcincinnati.wixsite.com/cincinnati-indiana
Nickname:	Little Cincinnati

Cincinnati is an unincorporated area within Center Township of Greene County, Indiana, United States.

History

A post office was established at Cincinnati in 1874, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1934.^[2] According to tradition, the community was named when a visitor told the innkeeper that the surrounding hills and whiskey made him recall his home in Cincinnati, Ohio.^[3]

Education

Cincinnati has a public library, the Eastern Branch of the Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library.^[4] Eastern Greene High School is also located in Cincinnati despite having a Bloomfield address.

References

1. Web site: U.S. Census website . . January 31, 2008 .
2. Web site: Greene County . Jim Forte Postal History . September 3, 2014.
3. Book: Baker, Ronald L.. From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. registration. October 1995. Indiana University Press. 978-0-253-32866-3. 95. One night, during the first year of its existence, a drunken cattle buyer at the inn jokingly remarked that the place reminded him of his hometown, Cincinnati, Ohio, on account of its high hills and abundance of good whiskey..
4. Web site: Locations . Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library . March 7, 2018.