Letts Corner, Indiana

Coordinates: 39°14′05″N 85°34′30″W / 39.23472°N 85.57500°W / 39.23472; -85.57500
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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 / 39.23472; -85.57500
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyDecatur
TownshipSand Creek
Elevation892 ft (272 m)
ZIP code
47240
FIPS code18-42995[2]
GNIS feature ID437795[1]

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

History[edit]

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[edit]

  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...