Mohawk, Indiana

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|blank_info = 18-50076{{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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Mohawk is an unincorporated community in Buck Creek Township, Hancock County, Indiana.

History

Mohawk was laid out and platted in 1883.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historyofhancock00rich_0 | title=History of Hancock County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions | publisher=Wm. Mitchell Printing Company | author=Richman, George J. | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofhancock00rich_0/page/569 569]}} It was named after the Mohawk people.{{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/n241 224]|quote=The name is for the Mohawk tribe.}}

A post office was established at Mohawk in 1882, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1955.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Hancock | title=Hancock County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=17 September 2014}}

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