Mentor, Indiana

Mentor
Town
Mentor
Coordinates: 38°18′59″N 86°43′08″W / 38.31639°N 86.71889°W / 38.31639; -86.71889Coordinates: 38°18′59″N 86°43′08″W / 38.31639°N 86.71889°W / 38.31639; -86.71889
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Dubois
Township	Jefferson
Elevation	741 ft (226 m)
ZIP code	47513
FIPS code	18-48420[1]
GNIS feature ID	451211[2]

Mentor is an unincorporated town in Jefferson Township, Dubois County, 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.^[3]

Geography

Mentor is located at 38°18′59″N 86°43′08″W / 38.31639°N 86.71889°W / 38.31639; -86.71889.

References

1. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ↑ "Mentor, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-17. 
3. ↑ Wilson, George R. (1910). History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910. Windmill Publications. p. 363. 

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