Manchester, Indiana

{{For|the unincorporated community in Montgomery County|Manchester, Montgomery County, Indiana}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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Manchester is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Manchester Township, Dearborn County, Indiana. The population was 3,304 as of 2023.{{Cite web |title=Census profile: Manchester township, Dearborn County, IN |url=https://censusreporter.org/profiles/06000US1802946368-manchester-township-dearborn-county-in/ |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=Census Reporter |language=en}}

History

A post office was established at Manchester in 1822, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1914.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Dearborn&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Dearborn County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=31 August 2014}} The community was named from Manchester Township.{{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/208 208]|quote=...and named for the township in which it is located.}}

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