Mentor, Indiana

Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States

Mentor, Indiana

Unincorporated community

Mentor

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Coordinates: 38°18′59″N 86°43′08″W﻿ / ﻿38.31639°N 86.71889°W﻿ / 38.31639; -86.71889
Country| United States
State| Indiana
County| Dubois
Township| Jefferson
Elevation

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| 742 ft (226 m)
Time zone| UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code|

47513

Area code(s)| 812, 930
FIPS code| 18-48420[2]
GNIS feature ID| 451211[1]

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

## History

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Mentor was founded in 1881 by Francis M. Sanders. Sanders, an admirer of President James A. Garfield, named the settlement for Garfield's hometown of Mentor, Ohio.[3]

An old variant name of the community was called Altoga. A post office ran with this name from 1883 to 1908.[4]

## References

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1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mentor, Indiana
2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
3. ^ Wilson, George R. (1910). History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910. Windmill Publications. pp. 363.
4. ^ "Dubois County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 9, 2017.

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Municipalities and communities of Dubois County, Indiana, United States

County seat: Jasper

Cities|

* Huntingburg
* Jasper

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Towns|

* Birdseye
* Ferdinand
* Holland

Townships|

* Bainbridge
* Boone
* Cass
* Columbia
* Ferdinand
* Hall
* Harbison
* Jackson
* Jefferson
* Madison
* Marion
* Patoka

CDPs|

* Bretzville
* Celestine
* Dubois
* Haysville
* Ireland
* Saint Anthony
* Schnellville

Other
communities|

* Crystal
* Cuzco
* Dubois Crossroads
* Duff
* Hillham
* Johnsburg
* Kellerville
* Kyana
* Maltersville
* Mentor
* Millersport
* Norton‡
* Portersville
* Saint Henry
* Saint Marks
* Thales
* Zoar‡

Ghost town|

* Ellsworth

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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