Peterson, Indiana

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|subdivision_name2 = Adams

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|subdivision_name3 = Kirkland

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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|postal_code = 46733

|area_code = 260

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|blank_info = 18-59382{{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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Peterson is an unincorporated community in Kirkland Township, Adams County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History

Peterson was named for Smith Peterson, who was instrumental in bringing the railroad to the settlement.{{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/n278 261]|quote=...and named for Smith Peterson, a lawyer from nearby Decatur who obtained the right-of-way...}} A post office was established at Peterson in 1880, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1940.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Adams&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Adams County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=26 August 2014}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Adams County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana