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==History==
==History==
Mardenis was named for William Mardenis, a railroad agent.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XLZwAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA159#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=History of Huntington County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and Its Principal Interests | publisher=The Lewis Publishing Company | author=Bash, Frank Sumner | year=1914 | pages=159}}</ref> A post office was established at Mardenis in 1884, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1904.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Huntington | title=Huntington County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=18 October 2014}}</ref>
Mardenis was named for William Mardenis, a railroad agent.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historyofhunting01bash | title=History of Huntington County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and Its Principal Interests | publisher=The Lewis Publishing Company | author=Bash, Frank Sumner | year=1914 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofhunting01bash/page/159 159]}}</ref> A post office was established at Mardenis in 1884, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in the year 1904.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Huntington | title=Huntington County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=18 October 2014}}</ref>

==Geography==
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 21:54, 12 December 2023

Mardenis, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Mardenis is located in Indiana
Mardenis
Mardenis
Mardenis is located in the United States
Mardenis
Mardenis
Coordinates: 40°54′15″N 85°24′49″W / 40.90417°N 85.41361°W / 40.90417; -85.41361
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyHuntington
TownshipUnion
Elevation
[1]
748 ft (228 m)
ZIP code
46750
FIPS code18-46728[2]
GNIS feature ID438601[1]

Mardenis is an unincorporated community in Union Township, Huntington County, Indiana, US.

History[edit]

Mardenis was named for William Mardenis, a railroad agent.[3] A post office was established at Mardenis in 1884, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in the year 1904.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mardenis, Indiana
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ Bash, Frank Sumner (1914). History of Huntington County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and Its Principal Interests. The Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 159.
  4. ^ "Huntington County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 18, 2014.


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