Tab, Indiana

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official_name = Tab
settlement_type = Town
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Indiana
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Warren
subdivision_type3 = Township
subdivision_name3 = Prairie
established_title = Founded
established_date = 1905
founder = Harrison "Tab" Goodwine
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timezone = EST
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
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latd = 40 |latm = 24 |lats = 40 |latNS = N
longd = 87 |longm = 28 |longs = 22 |longEW = W
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elevation_ft = 715
postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 47993
area_code = 765
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Tab is a small town in Prairie Township, Warren County, Indiana, USA.

History

The town was platted on November 25, 1905 by Harrison "Tab" Goodwine, who donated land for the town and the railroad. A post office was established in Tab on April 8, 1907 and closed on April 30, 1955. Its only current business is the Tabor Grain Company (a subsidiary of Archer Daniels Midland) which operates the town's grain elevators.

Tab was home to a number of businesses in the early 20th century, including a hotel, lumberyard, hardware store, bank, blacksmith, barber shop, pool hall, telephone office, auto repair shop, two grocery stores and a Standard Oil bulk plant. There was also a train station, plus livestock pens for those animals being shipped. An annual Fall Festival used to be held which featured sack races, tug-of-war, baseball, hog-calling contests and competitions for who could harness and unharness a team of horses the fastest.cite book
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title = A History of Warren County, Indiana (175th Anniversary Edition)
publisher = Warren County Historical Society
date = 2002]

The present population of Tab is approximately 45.

Geography

Tab is located at 40°24'40" North, 87°28'22" West (40.411111, -87.472778), at the intersection of County Road 650 North and the Bee Line Railroad. Jordan Creek begins a few miles northeast of town and flows past Tab to the east.

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