Coloma, Indiana

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

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Coloma, Indiana

|settlement_type = Unincorporated community

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|image_map = Map of Indiana highlighting Parke County.svg

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|map_caption = Parke County's location in Indiana

|pushpin_map = USA Indiana Parke County

|pushpin_label = Coloma

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = Indiana

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Parke

|subdivision_type3 = Township

|subdivision_name3 = Reserve

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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|timezone_DST = EDT

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|elevation_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2017-04-16|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=October 25, 2007}}

|elevation_m = 188

|elevation_ft = 617

|coordinates = {{coord|39|47|18|N|87|17|31|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 47872

|area_code = 765

|blank_name = GNIS feature ID

|blank_info = [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:432807 432807]

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Coloma, also known as Rocky Run, is an unincorporated community in Reserve Township, Parke County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.{{cite web | url = {{GNIS3|432807}} | title = Coloma, Indiana | work = Geographic Names Information System | publisher = United States Geological Survey | accessdate = July 19, 2017}}

History

Coloma was laid out in 1876.{{cite book|title=History of Parke and Vermillion Counties, Indiana|url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofparkeve00bfbo#page/206/mode/2up|date=1913|publisher=B.F. Bowen & Cos|page=207}} The community supposedly was named after Coloma, California.{{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/100 100]|quote=...probably for Coloma, California...}} A post office was established at Coloma in 1868, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Parke | title=Parke County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=April 16, 2017}}

Geography

Coloma is located at {{coord|39|47|18|N|87|17|31|W|type:city}} at an elevation of 617 feet.

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Parke County, Indiana