Yoder,_Indiana Latitude and Longitude:

40°55′52″N 85°10′36″W / 40.93111°N 85.17667°W / 40.93111; -85.17667
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Yoder, Indiana
Yoder is located in Indiana
Yoder
Yoder
Yoder is located in the United States
Yoder
Yoder
Coordinates: 40°55′52″N 85°10′36″W / 40.93111°N 85.17667°W / 40.93111; -85.17667
Country United States
State Indiana
County Allen
Township Pleasant
Elevation810 ft (250 m)
Time zone UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST))
 • Summer ( DST) UTC-4 ( EDT)
ZIP code
46798
Area code260
GNIS feature ID 446396

Yoder is an unincorporated town in Pleasant Township, Allen County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [2] Yoder is approximately eight miles Northwest of Magley, Indiana.

History

The Yoder post office was established in 1934. [3] Yoder, once known as Sheldon, [4] was renamed by the railroad. [5]

References

  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ "Yoder, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  3. ^ "Allen County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
  4. ^ Andreas, Alfred Theodore (1876). "Allen County". Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Indiana. Chicago: Baskin, Forster & Company.
  5. ^ Griswold, Bert Joseph; Taylor, Mrs. Samuel R. (1917). The Pictorial History of Fort Wayne, Indiana: A Review of Two Centuries of Occupation of the Region about the Head of the Maumee River. Robert O. Law Company. p. 700.