Manhattan, Indiana

{{cleanup rewrite|date=February 2025|this is GNIS "community" horsefeathers. {{harvnb|Baker|1995|p=209}} clearly states that this was a village}}

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Manhattan, Indiana

|settlement_type = Unincorporated community

|pushpin_map = Indiana#USA

|pushpin_label = Manhattan

|image_skyline = File:Historic National Road - Manhattan - NARA - 7719305.jpg

|image_caption = Manhattan is a small town along the National Road.

|image_size = 250px

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = Indiana

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Putnam

|subdivision_type3 = Township

|subdivision_name3 = Washington

|timezone = Eastern (EST)

|utc_offset = -5

|timezone_DST = EDT

|utc_offset_DST = -4

|coordinates = {{coord|39|33|18|N|86|55|39|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}

|elevation_footnotes =

|elevation_ft = 643

|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 46171

|area_code = 765

|blank_name = GNIS feature ID

|blank_info = 438515{{GNIS|438515}}

}}

Manhattan is an unincorporated community in central Washington Township, Putnam County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History

Manhattan was laid out in 1829 when the National Road was extended to that point.{{cite book|last=Weik|first=Jesse William|title=Weik's History of Putnam County, Indiana|url=https://archive.org/details/weikshistoryofpu00weik|year=1910|publisher=B.F. Bowen|page=[https://archive.org/details/weikshistoryofpu00weik/page/179 179]}} The community was named after Manhattan, in New York.{{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/n226 209]|quote=...named for Manhattan Island, New York.}} A post office was established at Manhattan in 1830, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Putnam&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Putnam County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=1 November 2015}}

Geography

Manhattan lies on U.S. Route 40, approximately six miles southwest of the city of Greencastle.

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Putnam County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana