Mentor, Indiana | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 38°18′59″N 86°43′08″W / 38.31639°N 86.71889°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Dubois |
| Township | Jefferson |
| Elevation | 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 |
| GNIS feature ID | 451211 |
Mentor is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Dubois County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
History
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.
An old variant name of the community was called Altoga. A post office ran with this name from 1883 to 1908.
References
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mentor, Indiana
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Wilson, George R. (1910). History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910. Windmill Publications. pp. 363.
- ^ "Dubois County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
