Ceylon, Indiana

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Ceylon, Indiana

| settlement_type = Unincorporated community

| image_skyline = Ceylon, Indiana.jpg

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| image_map = Map of Indiana highlighting Adams County.svg

| mapsize = 120px

| map_caption = Adams County's location in Indiana

| pushpin_map = USA Indiana Adams County

| pushpin_label = Ceylon

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Adams County

| coordinates = {{coord|40|36|24|N|84|57|12|W|region:US-IN|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{USA}}

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Indiana}}

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Adams

| subdivision_type3 = Township

| subdivision_name3 = Wabash

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| elevation_ft = 853

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| timezone = Eastern (EST)

| utc_offset = -5

| timezone_DST = EDT

| utc_offset_DST = -4

| postal_code_type = ZIP code

| postal_code = 46740

| area_code = 260

| blank_name = FIPS code

| blank_info = 18-11908{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}

| blank1_name = GNIS feature ID

| blank1_info = 432377{{GNIS|432377}}

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Ceylon is an unincorporated community in Wabash Township, Adams County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History

A post office was established at Ceylon in 1884, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1895.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Adams | title=Adams County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=26 August 2014}} Ceylon was likely named after the British colony of Ceylon.{{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/92 92]|quote=...apparently for the island in the Indian Ocean...}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Adams County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana