Calcutta, Indiana
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Calcutta is an unincorporated community in Clay County, Indiana, United States.{{GNIS|452223}}
History
Calcutta was founded in 1870 as a coal town.{{cite book|last=Blanchard|first=Charles|title=Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana: Historical and Biographical ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1VLWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA251|year=1884|publisher=F.A. Battey & Company|page=251}} A post office was established at Calcutta in 1870, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1879.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Clay | title=Clay County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=30 August 2014}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Clay County, Indiana
Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana
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