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Abington is an unincorporated community in Abington Township, Wayne County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1]

History

Abington, Indiana

Abington was laid out and platted in 1817.[2]

A post office was established at Abington in 1824, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1903.[3] The name of this Quaker settlement recalled the Abington Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends located in Pennsylvania.

Notable person

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Abington, Indiana
  2. ^ Young, Andrew White (1872). History of Wayne County, Indiana, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time. R. Clarke & Company. pp. 144.
  3. ^ "Wayne County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  4. ^ "Orlando H. Manning, Iowa General Assembly". Archived from the original on December 12, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2012.