Yoder, Indiana

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|subdivision_name2 = Allen

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|subdivision_name3 = Pleasant

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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|postal_code = 46798

|area_code = 260

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Yoder is an unincorporated town in Pleasant Township, Allen County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.{{cite web | url = {{GNIS3|446396}} | title = Yoder, Indiana | work = Geographic Names Information System | publisher = United States Geological Survey | access-date = February 16, 2020}} Yoder is approximately four miles south of Fort Wayne International Airport.

History

The Yoder post office was established in 1934.{{cite web |url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Allen&searchtext=&pagenum=4 |title=Allen County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |access-date=August 27, 2014}} Originally known as Sheldon,{{cite book |last=Andreas |first=Alfred Theodore |title=Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Indiana |year=1876 |publisher=Baskin, Forster & Company |location=Chicago |chapter=Allen County}} Yoder was renamed after the railroad.{{cite book |last1=Griswold |first1=Bert Joseph |last2=Taylor |first2=Mrs. Samuel R. |title=The Pictorial History of Fort Wayne, Indiana: A Review of Two Centuries of Occupation of the Region about the Head of the Maumee River |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TBUVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA700 |year=1917 |publisher=Robert O. Law Company |page=700}}

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