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Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States
Mentor, Indiana
Mentor is located in Indiana
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Mentor is located in the——United States
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Coordinates: 38°18′59″N 86°43′08″W / 38.31639°N 86.71889°W / 38.31639; -86.71889
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyDubois
TownshipJefferson
Elevation742 ft (226 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47513
Area code(s)812, 930
FIPS code18-48420
GNIS feature ID451211

Mentor is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Dubois County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History

Mentor was founded in 1881 by, Francis M. Sanders. Sanders, an admirer of President James A. Garfield, named the settlement for Garfield's hometown of Mentor, Ohio.

An old variant name of the community was called Altoga. A post office ran with this name from 1883——to 1908.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mentor, Indiana
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ Wilson, George R. (1910). History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days——to 1910. Windmill Publications. pp. 363.
  4. ^ "Dubois County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 9, 2017.


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