Mount Sinai, Indiana Explained

Official Name:	Mount Sinai
Pushpin Map:	USA Indiana Dearborn County
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	United States
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Name1:	Indiana
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	Dearborn
Subdivision Type3:	Township
Subdivision Name3:	Hogan
Coordinates:	39.0819°N -85.0006°W
Elevation Ft:	873
Postal Code Type:	ZIP code
Postal Code:	47032
Blank Name:	FIPS code
Blank Info:	18-51660^[1]
Blank1 Name:	GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:	439695

Mount Sinai is an unincorporated community in Hogan Township, Dearborn County, Indiana.

History

Mount Sinai took its name from Mount Sinai Methodist Episcopal Church.^[2] The namesake church was completed in about 1835, and has since been torn down.^{[3] [4]}

References

1. Web site: U.S. Census website. United States Census Bureau. 2008-01-31.
2. 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. 230. This village was named for the Mount Sinai Methodist Episcopal Church....
3. Book: Shaw, Archibald. History of Dearborn County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions, with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Old Families. 1915. B. F. Bowen and Company, Inc.. Indianapolis. 391.
4. Book: History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties, Indiana: From Their Earliest Settlement, Containing a History of the Counties; Their Cities, Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, and Churches. 1885. Whipporwill Publications. 485.