Progress, Indiana

Progress
Unincorporated community
Progress is located in Indiana
Progress
Progress
Progress is located in the United States
Progress
Progress
Coordinates: 40°07′13″N 85°26′33″W / 40.12028°N 85.44250°W / 40.12028; -85.44250
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyDelaware
TownshipMonroe
Elevation
[1]
971 ft (296 m)
ZIP code
47302
FIPS code18-62118[2]
GNIS feature ID441606[1]

Progress is an unincorporated community in Monroe Township, Delaware County, Indiana.

History

A post office was established at Progress in 1900, and was discontinued the next year, in 1901.[3] The name embodies the spirit of progress.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Progress, Indiana
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ "Delaware County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  4. ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 272. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. The name is commendatory.


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