Official Name: | Tefft, Indiana |
Pushpin Map: | Indiana#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Tefft |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Jasper |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Kankakee |
Coordinates: | 41.1936°N -86.9683°W |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation Ft: | 673 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 46380 [2] |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-75230[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 444624 |
Tefft is an unincorporated community in Kankakee Township, Jasper County, Indiana, United States.
Tefft was platted by Isaac Dunn in 1884, and named Dunnville. The name, however, became confused with Danville so Dunnville was renamed Tefft after Dunn's brother-in-law, Dr. Benjamin Franklin Tefft.[4] Dunn also laid out a subdivision, Dunn's Original KKK Pleasure Resort,[5] 2miles north of town, and was responsible for constructing Dunn's Bridge over the Kankakee River.
A post office was established at Tefft in 1883, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 2003.[6]