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Barbee, Indiana

Coordinates: 41°17′31″N 85°43′05″W / 41.29194°N 85.71806°W / 41.29194; -85.71806
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Barbee, Indiana
Barbee is located in Indiana
Barbee
Barbee
Barbee is located in the United States
Barbee
Barbee
Coordinates: 41°17′31″N 85°43′05″W / 41.29194°N 85.71806°W / 41.29194; -85.71806
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyKosciusko
TownshipTippecanoe
Elevation863 ft (263 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46582
FIPS code18-03358[2]
GNIS feature ID2830428[1]

Barbee is an unincorporated community in Tippecanoe Township, Kosciusko County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1]

History

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A post office was established at Barbee in 1898, and closed that same year.[3] William Barbee was a pioneer settler in the area.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Barbee, Indiana
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ "Kosciusko County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
  4. ^ Royse, L. W. (1919). A Standard History of Kosciusko County, Indiana: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development. A Chronicle of the People with Family Lineage and Memoirs. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 367.