Farmington, Indiana

Farmington is an unincorporated community in Union Township, Rush County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.^[1]

Farmington, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 39°37′05″N 85°21′32″W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Rush
Township	Union
Elevation [1]	1,050 ft (320 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	46173
Area code	765
GNIS feature ID	434407[1]

History

Farmington was originally called Marcellus, and under the latter name was laid out in 1836.^[2] A post office was established under the name Farmington in 1846, and it remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1858.^[3]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Farmington, Indiana
2. History of Rush County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present, with Biographical Sketches, Notes, Etc. Eastern Indiana Publishing Company. 1888. p. 670.
3. "Rush County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 1, 2015.