Mount Sinai, Indiana

Mount Sinai is an unincorporated community in Hogan Township, Dearborn County, Indiana.

Mount Sinai
Unincorporated community
Mount Sinai
Coordinates: 39°04′55″N 85°00′02″W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Dearborn
Township	Hogan
Elevation [1]	873 ft (266 m)
ZIP code	47032
FIPS code	18-51660[2]
GNIS feature ID	439695[1]

History

Mount Sinai took its name from Mount Sinai Methodist Episcopal Church.^[3] The namesake church was completed in about 1835, and has since been torn down.^[4][5]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Sinai, Indiana
2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
3. Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 230. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. This village was named for the Mount Sinai Methodist Episcopal Church...
4. Shaw, Archibald (1915). History of Dearborn County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions, with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Old Families. Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen and Company, Inc. p. 391.
5. History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties, Indiana: From Their Earliest Settlement, Containing a History of the Counties; Their Cities, Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, and Churches. Whipporwill Publications. 1885. p. 485.