词条 | Crete, Indiana |
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|official_name = Crete, 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 = Crete |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 = Randolph |subdivision_type3 = Township |subdivision_name3 = Greensfork |established_title = |established_date = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = |timezone = Eastern (EST) |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = EDT |utc_offset_DST = -4 |coordinates = {{coord|40|02|36|N|84|51|42|W|region:US-IN|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = [1] |elevation_m = 362 |elevation_ft = 1,188 |founder = |named_for = |postal_code_type = ZIP code |postal_code = 47355 |area_code = 765 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 18-15904[2] |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 433126 |website = |footnotes = }}Crete is a small unincorporated community in Greensfork Township, Randolph County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[3] HistoryA post office was established at Crete in 1882, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1918.[4] The community may have been named after the pet name of Lucretia, a local young woman.[5] GeographyCrete is located at {{coord|40|02|36|N|84|51|42|W}}, about {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} east of the town of Lynn. Notable personJim Jones, leader of the Peoples Temple cult that committed mass murder in Jonestown, Guyana, in 1978, was born in Crete in 1931.[6]References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2017-03-05|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=October 25, 2007}} {{Randolph County, Indiana}}{{RandolphCountyIN-geo-stub}}2. ^{{cite web |url=http://factfinder2.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=American FactFinder |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911234518/http://factfinder2.census.gov/ |archivedate=September 11, 2013 |df= }} 3. ^{{cite web | url = {{GNIS3|433126}} | title = Crete, Indiana | work = Geographic Names Information System | publisher = United States Geological Survey | accessdate = July 27, 2017}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Randolph |title=Randolph County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=March 19, 2017}} 5. ^{{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=...whose name was Lucretia or Crete.}} 6. ^{{cite book|last=Rolls|first=Geoff|title=Classic Case Studies in Psychology: Third edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rFVWBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT100|date=26 November 2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-317-90961-3|page=100}} 2 : Unincorporated communities in Randolph County, Indiana|Unincorporated communities in Indiana |
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