Yoder, Indiana

Yoder is an unincorporated town in Pleasant Township, Allen County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.^[2] Yoder is approximately four miles south of Fort Wayne International Airport.

Yoder, Indiana
Unincorporated town
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Coordinates: 40°55′52″N 85°10′36″W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Allen
Township	Pleasant
Elevation [1]	810 ft (250 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	46798
Area code	260
GNIS feature ID	446396

History

The Yoder post office was established in 1934.^[3] Originally known as Sheldon,^[4] Yoder was renamed after the railroad.^[5]

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. "Yoder, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
3. "Allen County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
4. Andreas, Alfred Theodore (1876). "Allen County". Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Indiana. Chicago: Baskin, Forster & Company.
5. Griswold, Bert Joseph; Taylor, Mrs. Samuel R. (1917). The Pictorial History of Fort Wayne, Indiana: A Review of Two Centuries of Occupation of the Region about the Head of the Maumee River. Robert O. Law Company. p. 700.