Deacon, Indiana
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|subdivision_name2 = Cass
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|subdivision_name3 = Deer Creek
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|postal_code = 46994
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|blank_info = 18-17038{{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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Deacon is an unincorporated community in Deer Creek Township, Cass County, Indiana.{{GNIS|433385|name=Deacon, Indiana}}
History
A post office was established at Deacon in 1844, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1903.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Cass |title=Cass County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=29 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903100235/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Cass |archivedate=3 September 2014 }} The community was named for its first postmaster, William R. Deacon.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=exgVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA568 | title=History of Cass County Indiana: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time | publisher=Lewis Publishing Company | author=Powell, Jehu Z. | year=1913 | pages=568}}
References
{{Cass County, Indiana}}
Category:Populated places in Cass County, Indiana
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