Stockport, Indiana

Stockport
Unincorporated community
Stockport
Coordinates: 40°19′15″N 85°27′38″W / 40.32083°N 85.46056°W / 40.32083; -85.46056Coordinates: 40°19′15″N 85°27′38″W / 40.32083°N 85.46056°W / 40.32083; -85.46056
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Delaware
Township	Washington
Elevation^[1]	892 ft (272 m)
ZIP code	47342
FIPS code	18-73295^[2]
GNIS feature ID	444182

Stockport is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Delaware County, Indiana.

History

A post office was established at Stockport in 1892, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1914.^[3]

Stockport was a station on the railroad.^[4] It was likely named for its livestock trade.^[5]

Geography

Stockport is located at 40°19′15″N 85°27′38″W / 40.32083°N 85.46056°W / 40.32083; -85.46056.

Municipalities and communities of Delaware County, Indiana, United States

County seat: Muncie

City	Muncie

Towns	Albany‡ Chesterfield‡ Daleville Eaton Gaston Selma Yorktown

Townships	Center Delaware Hamilton Harrison Liberty Monroe Mount Pleasant Niles Perry Salem Union Washington

Unincorporated communities	Anthony Bethel Cammack Cowan Cross Roads DeSoto Gates Corner Granville Janney Medford Middletown Park Mount Pleasant New Burlington Oakville Progress Reed Station Royerton Shideler Smithfield Stockport West Muncie Wheeling

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

References

↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
↑ "Delaware County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
↑ Kemper, General William Harrison (1908). A Twentieth Century History of Delaware County, Indiana. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 166.
↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 313. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. ...because it was a livestock shipping point.

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