Letts Corner, Indiana


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Letts Corner is an unincorporated community in Sand Creek Township, Decatur County, Indiana, United States.

Letts Corner

Letts Corner is located in Indiana

Letts Corner

Letts Corner

Letts Corner is located in the United States

Letts Corner

Letts Corner

Coordinates: 39°14′05″N 85°34′30″W / 39.23472°N 85.57500°W
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyDecatur
TownshipSand Creek
Elevation892 ft (272 m)
ZIP code

47240

FIPS code18-42995[2]
GNIS feature ID437795[1]

History

Letts Corner was originally the name given to the railroad station of nearby Letts.[3] Lett was the name of a family in the area.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Letts Corner, Indiana
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ Harding, Lewis Albert (1915). History of Decatur County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. pp. 148.
  4. ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. ...named for the local Lett family...
 

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