Cuzco, Indiana

Coordinates: 38°28′30″N 86°43′22″W / 38.47500°N 86.72278°W / 38.47500; -86.72278
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Cuzco, Indiana
Cuzco is located in Indiana
Cuzco
Cuzco
Cuzco is located in the United States
Cuzco
Cuzco
Coordinates: 38°28′30″N 86°43′22″W / 38.47500°N 86.72278°W / 38.47500; -86.72278
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyDubois
TownshipColumbia
Elevation525 ft (160 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47432
Area code(s)812, 930
FIPS code18-16498[2]
GNIS feature ID450826[1]

Cuzco (pronounced: KUZ-co) is an unincorporated community in Columbia Township, Dubois County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1]

History[edit]

Cuzco was platted in 1905 by William H. Nicholson.[3] It was named after Cusco, in Peru.[4] A post office was established at Cuzco in 1902, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1955.[5]

Civil War historian Gilbert R. Tredway was reared in Cuzco during the 1920s and 1930s.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cuzco, Indiana
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ Wilson, George R. (1910). History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910. Windmill Publications. pp. 347.
  4. ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. ...comes from the city in Peru, South America.
  5. ^ "Dubois County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 3, 2016.

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