Mentor, Indiana | |
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  Mentor  Mentor | |
| Coordinates: 38°18′59″N 86°43′08″W / 38.31639°N 86.71889°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Dubois |
| Township | Jefferson |
| Elevation | 742 ft (226 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer ( DST) | UTC-4 ( EDT) |
| ZIP code | 47513 |
| Area code(s) | 812, 930 |
| FIPS code | 18-48420 [2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 451211 [1] |
Mentor is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Dubois County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1]
History
Mentor was founded in 1881 by Francis M. Sanders. Sanders, an admirer of President James A. Garfield, named the settlement for Garfield's hometown of Mentor, Ohio. [3]
An old variant name of the community was called Altoga. A post office ran with this name from 1883 to 1908. [4]
References
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mentor, Indiana
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Wilson, George R. (1910). History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910. Windmill Publications. pp. 363.
- ^ "Dubois County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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