Crete, Indiana
 | This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards, as this is GNIS "community" hogwash. Baker 1995, p. 105 says that this was a post-office, and the best other source is the Arcadia Publishing book on Randolph County which has this as the Crete grain elevator. The second best is an article in Midwestern Folklore from 1991 that says that it was a "depot and a grain elevator on the IB & W Railroad when it came through in 1882". It is an extinct railroad stop that used to have a post-office. (February 2025) |
Crete, Indiana | |
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| Coordinates: 40°02′36″N 84°51′42″W / 40.04333°N 84.86167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Randolph |
| Township | Greensfork |
| Elevation | 1,188 ft (362 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 47355 |
| Area code | 765 |
| FIPS code | 18-15904[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 433126[1] |
Crete is an unincorporated community in Greensfork Township, Randolph County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1]
History
[edit]A post office was established at Crete in 1882, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1918.[3] The community may have been named after the pet name of Lucretia, a local young woman.[4]
Geography
[edit]Crete is located about 3 miles (5 km) east of the town of Lynn.
Notable person
[edit]Jim Jones, leader of the Peoples Temple cult, was born in Crete in 1931.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Crete, Indiana
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Randolph County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3.
...whose name was Lucretia or Crete.
- ^ Rolls, Geoff (November 26, 2014). Classic Case Studies in Psychology: Third edition. Taylor & Francis. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-317-90961-3.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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