Mentor, Indiana Explained

Official Name:Mentor, Indiana
Pushpin Map:Indiana#USA
Pushpin Label:Mentor
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Indiana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Dubois
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Jefferson
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Coordinates:38.3164°N -86.7189°W
Elevation Ft:742
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:47513
Area Code:812, 930
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:18-48420[1]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:451211

Mentor is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Dubois County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History

Mentor was founded in 1881 by Francis M. Sanders. Sanders, an admirer of President James A. Garfield, named the settlement for Garfield's hometown of Mentor, Ohio.[2]

An old variant name of the community was called Altoga. A post office ran with this name from 1883 to 1908.[3]

References

  1. Web site: U.S. Census website. United States Census Bureau. 2008-01-31.
  2. Book: History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910 . Windmill Publications . Wilson, George R. . 1910 . 363.
  3. Web site: Dubois County . Jim Forte Postal History . February 9, 2017.