Letts, Indiana

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

Letts
Unincorporated community and Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 39°14′02″N 85°34′07″W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Decatur
Township	Sand Creek
Elevation [1]	889 ft (271 m)
ZIP code	47240
FIPS code	18-42984[2]
GNIS feature ID	2830351[1]

History

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

1. 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...