Cambria, Indiana

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|subdivision_name2 = Clinton

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|subdivision_name3 = Owen

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|postal_code = 46041

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|blank_info = 18-09856{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}

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}}Cambria is an unincorporated community in Owen Township, Clinton County, Indiana.

History

Cambria was established as a station on the Monon Railroad which was built through the southwestern portion of Owen Township.{{cite book|last=Claybaugh|first=Joseph|title=History of Clinton County, Indiana|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofclinton00clay|year=1913|publisher=A. W. Bowen & Company|location=Indianapolis|chapter=Owen Township}} Cambria is the classical name for Wales.{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/n100 85]|quote=The name comes from the Latin name of Wales...}} A post office was established at Cambria in 1883, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1915.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Clinton |title=Clinton County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=30 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903101547/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Clinton |archivedate=3 September 2014 }}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Clinton County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana