Mount Comfort, Indiana Explained

Official Name:	Mount Comfort, Indiana
Pushpin Map:	Indiana#USA
Pushpin Label:	Mount Comfort
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	United States
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Name1:	Indiana
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	Hancock
Subdivision Type3:	Township
Subdivision Name3:	Buck Creek
Coordinates:	39.8308°N -85.9153°W
Elevation Ft:	856
Postal Code Type:	ZIP code
Postal Code:	46140
Blank Name:	FIPS code
Blank Info:	18-51390^[1]
Blank1 Name:	GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:	439557

Mount Comfort is an unincorporated community in Buck Creek Township, Hancock County, Indiana.

History

A post office was established at Mount Comfort in 1851, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1956.^[2]

Mount Comfort was platted as a town in about 1882, when the railroad was extended to that point.^[3]

References

1. Web site: U.S. Census website. United States Census Bureau. 2008-01-31.
2. Web site: Hancock County . Jim Forte Postal History . 17 September 2014.
3. Book: History of Hancock County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions . Wm. Mitchell Printing Company . Richman, George J. . 1916 . 570.