Numa, Indiana

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States}}

{{Infobox settlement

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|settlement_type = Unincorporated community

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|subdivision_type = Country

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|subdivision_name1 = Indiana

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Parke

|subdivision_type3 = Township

|subdivision_name3 = Florida

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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|timezone_DST = EDT

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|elevation_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2017-04-29|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=October 25, 2007}}

|elevation_m = 159

|elevation_ft = 522

|coordinates = {{coord|39|37|51|N|87|22|13|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 47874

|area_code = 765

|blank_name = GNIS feature ID

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Numa, also known as Walkers Bluff or Walkerton, is an unincorporated community in Florida Township, Parke County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.{{cite web | url = {{GNIS3|440366}} | title = Numa, Indiana | work = Geographic Names Information System | publisher = United States Geological Survey | accessdate = July 22, 2017}}

History

Numa was laid out in 1837.{{cite book|title=History of Parke and Vermillion Counties, Indiana|url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofparkeve00bfbo#page/178/mode/2up|date=1913|publisher=B.F. Bowen & Cos|page=179}} According to Ronald L. Baker, the community may be named after Numa Pompilius.{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SXB5AAAAMAAJ|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=247|quote=...may be classical, though, for the traditional second king of Rome.}} A post office was established at Numa in 1844, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1889.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Parke&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Parke County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=30 September 2015}}

Geography

Numa is located at {{coord|39|37|51|N|87|22|13|W|type:city}} at an elevation of 525 feet.

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Parke County, Indiana