Hibbard, Indiana

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|subdivision_name2 = Marshall

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|blank_info = 18-33304{{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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Hibbard is an unincorporated community in Union Township, Marshall County, Indiana.

History

Hibbard was originally called Dante, in honor of the Italian poet Dante Alighieri, and under that name was platted in 1883.{{cite book|title=History of Indiana: Containing a History of Indiana and Biographical Sketches of Governors and Other Leading Men. Also a Statement of the Growth and Prosperity of Marshall County, Together with a Personal and Family History of Many of Its Citizens|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofindiana02bran|year=1890|publisher=Brant, Fuller|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofindiana02bran/page/44 44]}}{{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/n180 163]|quote=This village was platted on November 1, 1883...}} A post office called Hibbard was established in 1887, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1958.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Marshall | title=Marshall County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=18 January 2015}}

Hibbard was a station on the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w0PWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA334 | title=A Twentieth Century History of Marshall County, Indiana, Volume 1 | publisher=Lewis Publishing Company | author=McDonald, Daniel | year=1908 | pages=334}}

Geography

Hibbard is located at {{coord|41|15|12|N|86|23|13|W|type:city}}.

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Marshall County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana