Hindustan, Indiana
{{Distinguish|Hindostan, Indiana}}
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|subdivision_name2 = Monroe
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|subdivision_name3 = Washington
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
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|elevation_ft = 853
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|postal_code = 47408
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|blank_info = 18-34042{{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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Hindustan is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Monroe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
History
Hindustan was platted on August 18, 1853, by Charles G. Carr.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historyoflawrenc00indi | title=History of Lawrence and Monroe Counties, Indiana: Their People, Industries, and Institutions | publisher=B.F. Bowen | year=1914 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyoflawrenc00indi/page/436 436]}}{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_vyqC5iVmYtYC | title=Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana: Historical and Biographical | publisher=F.A. Battey & Company | author=Blanchard, Charles | year=1884 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_vyqC5iVmYtYC/page/n535 531]}} The community took its name after India (Hindustan) "...or a region of it."{{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/n182 165]|quote=...named for India, or a region of it.}}
Documents dating from the 1870s spell the town's name as 'Hindostan'.
Geography
Hindustan is located at an altitude of 271 metres (892 feet)[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/US/18/Hindustan.html Location of Hindustan - Falling Rain Genomics] along Old State Road 37 between Chambers Pike and Farr Road. It is within the Morgan Monroe State Forest.
References
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{{Monroe County, Indiana}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Monroe County, Indiana
Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Category:Bloomington metropolitan area, Indiana
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