| 词条 | Velpen, Indiana |
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|official_name = Velpen, Indiana |settlement_type = Unincorporated community |image_skyline = Velpen, Indiana.jpg |imagesize = 290px |pushpin_map = Indiana#USA |pushpin_label = Velpen |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Indiana |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Pike |subdivision_type3 = Township |subdivision_name3 = Marion |timezone = Eastern (EST) |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = EDT |utc_offset_DST = -4 |coordinates = {{coord|38|21|19|N|87|6|7|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = [1] |elevation_m = 150 |elevation_ft = 492 |postal_code_type = ZIP code |postal_code = 47590 |area_code = 812, 930 |blank_name = GNIS feature ID |blank_info = 445242 }}Velpen is an unincorporated community in southeastern Marion Township, Pike County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[2] It lies along State Road 257 southeast of the city of Petersburg, the county seat of Pike County.[3] Although Velpen is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 47590.[4] HistoryA post office has been in operation at Velpen since 1881.[5] The community may be named after the Velp river in Europe.[6] GeographyVelpen is located at {{coord|38|21|19|N|87|6|7|W|type:city}} at an elevation of 492 feet (150 m). References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=2007-10-25}} {{Pike County, Indiana}}{{PikeCountyIN-geo-stub}}2. ^Velpen, Indiana, Geographic Names Information System, 1979-02-14. Accessed 2008-06-01. 3. ^DeLorme. Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer. 3rd ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 55-56. {{ISBN|0-89933-319-2}}. 4. ^Zip Code Lookup 5. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Pike&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Pike County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=5 October 2015}} 6. ^{{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=333|quote=The name may come from the Belgium River, Velpe...}} 3 : Unincorporated communities in Pike County, Indiana|Unincorporated communities in Indiana|Jasper, Indiana micropolitan area |
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