Plato, Indiana
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|settlement_type = Unincorporated community
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|subdivision_name2 = LaGrange
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|subdivision_name3 = Bloomfield
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|postal_code = 46761
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|blank_info = 18-60300{{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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Plato is an unincorporated community in Bloomfield Township, LaGrange County, Indiana.
History
A post office opened at Plato in 1890, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1901.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Lagrange&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=LaGrange County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=9 December 2014}} The community was likely named for the philosopher Plato.{{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/n283 266]|quote=...apparently named for the ancient Greek philosopher...}}
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References
{{LaGrange County, Indiana}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in LaGrange County, Indiana
Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana
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