- Winthrop, Indiana
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Winthrop
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 = Warren
established_title = Founded
established_date =1884
founder = Jacob M. Rhode
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timezone = EST
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
latd = 40 |latm = 22 |lats = 12 |latNS = N
longd = 87 |longm = 14 |longs = 2 |longEW = W
elevation_footnotes = cite web|url=Gnis3|446200|title=USGS detail on Rainsville|accessdate=2007-09-30]
elevation_ft = 679
postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 47993
area_code = 765
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footnotes =Winthrop is a small town in Warren Township, Warren County,
Indiana .History
Winthrop was platted on March 3, 1884 by farmer Jacob Morgan Rhode (d. February 8, 1919).cite book
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title = A History of Warren County, Indiana (175th Anniversary Edition)
publisher = Warren County Historical Society
date = 2002] A north/south line of theChicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad known as the "Coal Road" served the town in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Operated after 1922 as theChicago, Attica and Southern Railroad , it deteriorated in the 1930s and was scrapped around 1945. [cite book
last = Sulzer
first = Elmer G.
title = Ghost Railroads of Indiana
publisher = Indiana University Press
date = 1998
isbn = 0253334837
chapter = The Old Coal Road] Few traces of the route remain.Geography
Winthrop is located at 40°22'12" North, 87°14'02" West (40.370000, -87.233889), at an elevation of approximately 680 feet. The West Fork of Kickapoo Creek flows to the west and south of town.
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