Tocsin, Indiana
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|settlement_type = Unincorporated community and Census-designated place
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|subdivision_name2 = Wells
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|subdivision_name3 = Lancaster
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
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|elevation_ft = 833
|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code = 46777
|area_code = 260
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|blank_info = 18-76076{{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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Tocsin is an unincorporated community in Lancaster Township, Wells County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is on the border with Jefferson Township.
History
Tocsin was platted in 1884.{{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/n250 233]|quote=The village was platted on August 19, 1884...}} A post office was established at Tocsin in 1882, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1966.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Wells&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Wells County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=July 7, 2016}}
References
{{Wells County, Indiana}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Wells County, Indiana
Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Category:Fort Wayne, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
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