Moore, Indiana

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|subdivision_name2 = DeKalb

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|subdivision_name3 = Wilmington

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|blank_info = 18-50886{{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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Moore, Indiana is an unincorporated community in Wilmington Township, DeKalb County, Indiana, United States, in the northeastern corner of the state.

An early variant name was Moore's Station.{{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/n243 226]|quote=A post office established as Moore's Station...}} Moore contained a post office from 1875 until 1909, and the post office was called Moore's Station in its early years.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=De+Kalb&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=DeKalb County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=3 September 2014}}

Geography

Moore is located at {{coord|41|23|49|N|84|57|09|W|type:city}}.

The community is northeast of Auburn and south of U.S. Route 6 (Grand Army of the Republic Highway).

References

{{DeKalb County, Indiana}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in DeKalb County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana

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