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'''Thales''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Harbison Township, Dubois County, Indiana|Harbison Township]], [[Dubois County, Indiana|Dubois County]], [[Indiana]], in the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite gnis|451555|Thales, Indiana|2016-07-05}}</ref>
'''Thales''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Harbison Township, Dubois County, Indiana|Harbison Township]], [[Dubois County, Indiana|Dubois County]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Indiana]].<ref name=gnis/>


==History==
==History==
Thales was known as Hickory Grove until 1895.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=E1Q0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA349#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910 | publisher=Windmill Publications | author=Wilson, George R. | year=1910 | pages=349}}</ref>
Thales was known as Hickory Grove until 1895.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_E1Q0AQAAMAAJ | title=History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910 | publisher=Windmill Publications | author=Wilson, George R. | year=1910 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_E1Q0AQAAMAAJ/page/n340 349]}}</ref>


A post office was established under the name Hickory Grove in 1879, and was discontinued in 1887.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Dubois | title=Dubois County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=July 11, 2016}}</ref> Another post office named Thales opened in 1895, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1909.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Dubois&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Dubois County Page 2 | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=July 11, 2016}}</ref>
A post office was established under the name Hickory Grove in 1879, and was discontinued in 1887.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Dubois | title=Dubois County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=July 11, 2016}}</ref> Another post office named Thales opened in 1895, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1909.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Dubois&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Dubois County Page 2 | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=July 11, 2016}}</ref>

==Geography==

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==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 21:17, 1 November 2024

Thales, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Thales is located in Indiana
Thales
Thales
Thales is located in the United States
Thales
Thales
Coordinates: 38°30′37″N 86°47′55″W / 38.51028°N 86.79861°W / 38.51028; -86.79861
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyDubois
TownshipHarbison
Elevation
[1]
692 ft (211 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47527
Area code(s)812, 930
GNIS feature ID451555[1]

Thales is an unincorporated community in Harbison Township, Dubois County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1]

History

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Thales was known as Hickory Grove until 1895.[2]

A post office was established under the name Hickory Grove in 1879, and was discontinued in 1887.[3] Another post office named Thales opened in 1895, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1909.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Thales, Indiana
  2. ^ Wilson, George R. (1910). History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910. Windmill Publications. pp. 349.
  3. ^ "Dubois County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
  4. ^ "Dubois County Page 2". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 11, 2016.


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