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Dubois Crossroads, Indiana

Coordinates: 38°28′52″N 86°48′43″W / 38.48111°N 86.81194°W / 38.48111; -86.81194
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Dubois Crossroads
Landscape of Dubois Crossroads
Landscape of Dubois Crossroads
Dubois Crossroads is located in Indiana
Dubois Crossroads
Dubois Crossroads
Dubois Crossroads is located in the United States
Dubois Crossroads
Dubois Crossroads
Coordinates: 38°28′52″N 86°48′43″W / 38.48111°N 86.81194°W / 38.48111; -86.81194
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyDubois
TownshipHarbison
Elevation509 ft (155 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47527
Area code812
FIPS code18-18802[2]
GNIS feature ID433738[1]

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

History

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St. John's Lutheran Church in Dubois Crossroads

Dubois Crossroads had its start in the 1920s when a filling station opened at the intersection.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dubois Crossroads, Indiana
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. ...dates from 1928, when a gas station was established here.
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