Cleveland, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Cleveland is located in Indiana
Cleveland
Cleveland
Cleveland is located in the United States
Cleveland
Cleveland
Coordinates: 39°47′25″N 85°38′41″W / 39.79028°N 85.64472°W / 39.79028; -85.64472
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyHancock
TownshipJackson
Elevation
971 ft (296 m)
ZIP code
46140
FIPS code18-13546[1]
GNIS feature ID432645[2]

Cleveland is an unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Hancock County, Indiana.

History

Cleveland was initially called Portland and, under the latter name, was laid out and platted in 1834.[3] The community was renamed Cleveland in 1855.[4]

A post office was established in Cleveland in 1852 and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1903.[5]

Geography

Cleveland is located at 39°47′25″N 85°38′41″W / 39.79028°N 85.64472°W / 39.79028; -85.64472.

References

  1. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Cleveland, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
  3. ↑ Richman, George J. (1916). History of Hancock County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions. Wm. Mitchell Printing Company. pp. 719.
  4. ↑ Binford, John H. (1882). History of Hancock County, Indiana: From Its Earliest Settlement by the "pale Face," in 1818, Down to 1882. King & Binford. pp. 249.
  5. ↑ "Hancock County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 17, 2014.


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