Mahon, Indiana

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Mahon is an unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Huntington County, Indiana.

History

Mahon was laid out and platted in 1853, not long after the Wabash and Erie Canal was extended to that point.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924028803173 | title=History of Huntington County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present | publisher=Brant & Fuller | year=1887 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924028803173/page/n615 650]}} It was named for its founder, Archibald Mahon.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historyofhunting01bash | title=History of Huntington County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and Its Principal Interests | publisher=The Lewis Publishing Company | author=Bash, Frank Sumner | year=1914 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofhunting01bash/page/158 158]}}

A post office was established at Mahon in 1853, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1867.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Huntington | title=Huntington County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=18 October 2014}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Huntington County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana