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Abington is an unincorporated community in Abington Township, Wayne County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[2]

Abington, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Central Abington
Abington
Abington
Coordinates: 39°43′59″N 84°57′47″W
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyWayne
TownshipAbington
Elevation
[1]
830 ft (253 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47325
Area code(s)765
GNIS feature ID429988

History


Abington was laid out and platted in 1817.[3]

A post office was established at Abington in 1824, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1903.[4] The name of this Quaker settlement recalled the Abington Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends located in Pennsylvania.

Abington, Indiana
Abington, Indiana

Geography


Abington is located at 39°43′59″N 84°57′47″W.


Notable person



References


  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
  2. "Abington, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  3. Young, Andrew White (1872). History of Wayne County, Indiana, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time. R. Clarke & Company. pp. 144.
  4. "Wayne County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  5. "Orlando H. Manning, Iowa General Assembly". Archived from the original on 2012-12-12. Retrieved 2012-08-10.


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