Etna, Indiana

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|settlement_type = Unincorporated town

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|subdivision_name2 = Whitley

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|subdivision_name3 = Etna-Troy

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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|coordinates = {{coord|41|16|25|N|85|34|25|W|region:US-IN|display=inline,title}}

|elevation_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2016-07-05|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=October 25, 2007}}

|elevation_m = 284

|elevation_ft = 932

|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 46764

|area_code = 260

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|blank_info = 18-21484{{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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Etna is an unincorporated town in Etna-Troy Township, Whitley County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.{{cite web | url = {{GNIS3|434242}} | title = Etna, Indiana | work = Geographic Names Information System | publisher = United States Geological Survey | accessdate = July 24, 2017}}

History

Etna was platted in 1849. The community was named after Etna, Ohio, the native home of a first settler.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historyofwhitley00kale | title=History of Whitley County, Indiana | publisher=B. F. Bowen & Company |author1=Kaler, Samuel P. |author2=Maring, Richard H. | year=1907 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofwhitley00kale/page/244 244]}}

A post office was established at Etna in 1851. The name of the post office was changed to Hecla in 1861, and operated under this name until 1904.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Whitley |title=Whitley County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=5 July 2016}}

Geography

Etna is located at {{coord|41|16|25|N|85|34|25|W|type:city}}.

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Whitley County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana

Category:Fort Wayne, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area