Coe, Indiana

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States}}

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Coe is an unincorporated community in Monroe Township, Pike County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History

Coe was originally called Arcadia, and under the latter name was laid out in 1869.{{cite book|title=History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4uIKAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA355|publisher=Goodspeed Brothers|isbn=978-5-87521-222-2|page=355}}{{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/99 99]|quote=...and called Arcadia.}}

A post office was established at Coe in 1896, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1907.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Pike | title=Pike County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=February 26, 2017}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Pike County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana