Zulu, Indiana

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|settlement_type = Unincorporated community

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|subdivision_name2 = Allen

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|subdivision_name3 = Jefferson

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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|coordinates = {{coord|41|02|12.6|N|84|54|03.0|W|region:US-IN|display=inline,title}}

|elevation_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=2007-10-25}}

|elevation_ft = 774

|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 46773

|area_code = 260

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Zulu is an unincorporated town in Jefferson Township, Allen County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.{{cite web | url = {{GNIS3|446497}} | title = Zulu, Indiana | work = Geographic Names Information System | publisher = United States Geological Survey | access-date = February 16, 2020}}

History

The name Zulu was selected at random from an encyclopedia.{{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/n374 357]|quote=A pin stuck in the book fell on the word Zulu on a page about Africa.}} A post office was established at Zulu in 1880, and remained in operation until 1904.{{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 = February 16, 2020}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Allen County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana

Category:Fort Wayne, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area