Quaker, Indiana

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{{Infobox settlement

|name = Quaker, Indiana

|settlement_type = Unincorporated community

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|image_map = Map of Indiana highlighting Vermillion County.svg

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|map_caption = Vermillion County's location in Indiana

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|pushpin_map = USA Indiana Vermillion County

|pushpin_label = Quaker

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = Indiana

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Vermillion

|subdivision_type3 = Township

|subdivision_name3 = Vermillion

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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|access-date=2016-07-18|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=October 25, 2007}}

|elevation_m = 193

|elevation_ft = 633

|coordinates = {{coord|39|51|48|N|87|31|40|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 47847

|area_code = 765

|blank_name = GNIS feature ID

|blank_info = [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:441682 441682]

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Quaker (or Quaker Point) is an unincorporated community in Vermillion Township, Vermillion County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.{{cite web | url = {{GNIS3|441682}} | title = Quaker, Indiana | work = Geographic Names Information System | publisher = United States Geological Survey | access-date = August 1, 2017}}

History

The post office at Quaker was established in 1894 and discontinued in 1914.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Vermillion | title=Vermillion County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=1 October 2015}} The community was originally built up chiefly by Quakers.{{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/n291 274]|quote=...for Quakers who settled here.}}

Geography

Quaker is located at {{coord|39|51|48|N|87|31|40|W|type:city}}.

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