词条 | Crocker, Indiana |
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|official_name = Crocker, Indiana |settlement_type = Unincorporated community |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Indiana#USA |pushpin_label = Crocker |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_mapsize = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Indiana |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Porter |subdivision_type3 = Township |subdivision_name3 = Liberty |established_title = |established_date = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = |timezone = Central (CST) |utc_offset = -6 |timezone_DST = CDT |utc_offset_DST = -5 |coordinates = {{coord|41|35|17|N|87|07|20|W|region:US-IN|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = [1] |elevation_m = 192 |elevation_ft = 630 |founder = |named_for = |postal_code_type = ZIP code |postal_code = 46304 |area_code = 219 |blank_name = GNIS feature ID |blank_info = 433138 |website = |footnotes = }}Crocker is an unincorporated community in Liberty Township, Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[2] HistoryCrocker was founded in 1892, when railroad service was extended to that point.[3] The community was most likely named for a railroad engineer.[4] A post office was established at Crocker in 1893, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905.[5] In 1912, Crocker had about 200 inhabitants.[6] GeographyCrocker is located at {{coord|41|35|17|N|87|07|20|W|type:city}}. References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2016-11-17|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=October 25, 2007}} {{Porter County, Indiana}}{{PorterCountyIN-geo-stub}}2. ^{{cite web | url = {{GNIS3|433138}} | title = Crocker, Indiana | work = Geographic Names Information System | publisher = United States Geological Survey | accessdate = July 10, 2017}} 3. ^{{cite book|last=Schoon|first=Kenneth J.|title=Calumet Beginnings: Ancient Shorelines and Settlements at the South End of Lake Michigan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TFYOkm6OIGIC&pg=PA191|year=2003|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=0-253-34218-X|page=191}} 4. ^{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SXB5AAAAMAAJ|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=105|quote=...allegedly was for the engineer of the first train...}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Porter |title=Porter County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=19 October 2015}} 6. ^{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofporterc01lewi#page/302/mode/2up | title=History of Porter County, Indiana : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests | publisher=Lewis Publishing Company | year=1912 | pages=152}} 2 : Unincorporated communities in Porter County, Indiana|Unincorporated communities in Indiana |
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