Alert, Indiana

Alert
Unincorporated community
Alert
Coordinates: 39°09′37″N 85°40′42″W / 39.16028°N 85.67833°W / 39.16028; -85.67833Coordinates: 39°09′37″N 85°40′42″W / 39.16028°N 85.67833°W / 39.16028; -85.67833
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Decatur
Township	Jackson
Elevation	764 ft (233 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	90
ZIP code	47283
FIPS code	18-00892[1]
GNIS feature ID	430058[2]

Alert is an unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Decatur County, Indiana.

History

Alert was laid out in 1886.^[3]

References

1. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ↑ "Alert, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-10. 
3. ↑ Harding, Lewis Albert (1915). History of Decatur County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. p. 132. 

Municipalities and communities of Decatur County, Indiana, United States County seat: Greensburg City Greensburg Towns Millhousen New Point St. Paul‡ Westport Townships Adams Clay Clinton Fugit Jackson Marion Salt Creek Sand Creek Washington CDPs Clarksburg Lake Santee‡ Other unincorporated communities Adams Alert Burney Craig Downeyville Ewington Forest Hill Gaynorsville Germantown Harper Harris City Horace Kingston Knarr Corner Letts Letts Corner McCoy Mechanicsburg Milford New Pennington Pinhook Rossburg Saint Maurice Saint Omer Sandusky Sardinia Slabtown Smyrna Tarkeo Corner Waynesburg Williamstown‡ Ghost town Springhill Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties