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Letts, Indiana

Coordinates: 39°14′02″N 85°34′07″W / 39.23389°N 85.56861°W / 39.23389; -85.56861
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Letts
Letts is located in Indiana
Letts
Letts
Letts is located in the United States
Letts
Letts
Coordinates: 39°14′02″N 85°34′07″W / 39.23389°N 85.56861°W / 39.23389; -85.56861
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyDecatur
TownshipSand Creek
Elevation889 ft (271 m)
ZIP code
47240
FIPS code18-42984[2]
GNIS feature ID2830351[1]

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

History

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Letts Corner was originally the name given to the railroad station of nearby Letts. Lett was the name of a family in the area. The town first had a post office in 1871 and was laid out in 1882.[3]

The Letts post office was discontinued in 1954.[4] Allen W. Lett was an early postmaster.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Letts, 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. 147.
  4. ^ "Decatur County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
  5. ^ 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. ...with Allen W. Lett as postmaster...