Toronto, Indiana

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{{Infobox settlement

|name = Toronto, Indiana

|settlement_type = Ghost town

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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 = Toronto

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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 = Helt

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

|elevation_m = 194

|elevation_ft = 636

|coordinates = {{coord|39|46|54|N|87|29|44|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 47847

|area_code = 765

|blank_name = GNIS feature ID

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Toronto is an extinct town in Helt Township, Vermillion County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EmnXxZbPqcYC&dq=G.+W.+Hawes%27+Indiana+State+Gazetteer+and+Business+Directory+for+1858+and+1859%2C+Volume+1&pg=PA155|title=G. W. Hawes' Indiana State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1858 and 1859|first=George W.|last=Hawes|date=August 31, 1859|publisher=Geo. W. Hawes, Pub. and Proprietor}} The site is on Indiana State Road 71 near the Illinois and Indiana border.

A few buildings in the community exist, and it is still cited by the USGS.{{cite gnis|452163|Toronto, Indiana|2016-07-18}}

History

A post office was established at Toronto in 1838, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1912.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Vermillion | title=Vermillion County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=1 October 2015}}

Geography

Toronto is located at {{Coord|39|46|54|N|87|29|44|W|type:city}}.

References

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{{Vermillion County, Indiana}}

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Category:Former populated places in Vermillion County, Indiana

Category:Former populated places in Indiana

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