Aboite,_Indiana

Aboite, Indiana

Aboite, Indiana

Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States

Aboite is an unincorporated community in Lafayette Township, Allen County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[2]

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History

Aboite was originally settled as a train stop at the intersection of the Toledo, Wabash & Western Railway with Aboite Road. The community's name is derived from the French word for "minnow".[3] A post office was established at Aboite in 1833, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1921.[4]

Geography

Aboite is located at 41°0′0″N 85°19′5″W.

References

  1. [1]
    "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. [2]
    "Aboite, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  3. [3]
    Griswold, Bert Joseph; Taylor, Mrs. Samuel R. (1917). The Pictorial History of Fort Wayne, Indiana: A Review of Two Centuries of Occupation of the Region about the Head of the Maumee River. Robert O. Law Company. p. 687.
  4. [4]
    "Allen County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 26, 2014.


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