Cunot, Indiana

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{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Cunot, Indiana

|settlement_type = Unincorporated Community

|pushpin_map = Indiana#USA

|pushpin_label = Cunot

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = Indiana

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Owen

|subdivision_type3 = Township

|subdivision_name3 = Jackson

|established_date =

|timezone = Eastern (EST)

|utc_offset = -5

|timezone_DST = EDT

|utc_offset_DST = -4

|elevation_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2017-04-29|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=October 25, 2007}}

|elevation_m = 242

|elevation_ft = 794

|coordinates = {{coord|39|27|23|N|86|51|17|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 46120

|area_code = 812, 930

|blank_name = GNIS feature ID

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Cunot is an unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Owen County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.{{cite gnis|449035|Cunot, Indiana|2017-04-30}} It lies near the intersection of Indiana Highway 42 and Indiana Highway 243, which is a community about twenty miles north of the city of Spencer, the county seat of Owen County.{{citation |title= Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer 3rd ed |location= Yarmouth |publisher= DeLorme |date= 2004 |edition= 3 |page= 43 |isbn= 0-89933-319-2}} Its elevation is 722 feet (220 m), and it is located at {{coord|39|27|23|N|86|51|17|W|type:city}} (39.4564339 -86.8547315). Although this community is located within Owen County on its northern boundary, it has an address of Cloverdale, Indiana, in Putnam County, which is about six miles northeast of the community.

History

A post office was established at Cunot in 1894, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Owen |title=Owen County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=21 September 2015}} The community's name may be derived from "Q-knot", alluding to the shape of a local road.{{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/n124 107]|quote=...the name may be descriptive of a winding road with a Q-shaped turn...}}

Geography

This community is on the east side of Cagles Mill Lake, which is located at {{coord|39|27|52|N|86|52|58|W}} (39.4644628 -86.8829156).{{cite web|url= http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=136:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:431941,Cagles%20Mill%20Lake |accessdate=25 August 2015|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date= 14 February 1979}}

Richard Lieber State Park is northwest of this community, the park located at {{coord|39|28|45|N|86|52|28|W}} (39.4792115 -86.8744544).{{cite web|url= http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=136:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:446952,Richard%20Lieber%20State%20Park |accessdate=25 August 2015|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date= 1 October 1982}}

School districts

  • Cloverdale Community Schools.

Political districts

References

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