Cedar, Indiana

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|subdivision_name2 = DeKalb

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|subdivision_name3 = Butler

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|blank_info = 18-10965{{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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Cedar is an unincorporated community in Butler Township, DeKalb County, Indiana.

History

Cedar was named after Cedar Creek.{{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/90 90]|quote=..name comes from the stream Cedar Creek...}} The post office was discontinued in 1914.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=De+Kalb |title=DeKalb County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=3 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904000504/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=De+Kalb |archivedate=4 September 2014 }}

Geography

Cedar is located at {{coord|41|18|46|N|85|09|22|W|type:city}}.

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in DeKalb County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana