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Crete, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 40°02′36″N 84°51′42″W / 40.04333°N 84.86167°W / 40.04333; -84.86167
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Randolph
Township	Greensfork
Elevation ^[1]	1,188 ft (362 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	47355
Area code	765
FIPS code	18-15904^[2]
GNIS feature ID	433126^[1]

Crete is an unincorporated community in Greensfork Township, Randolph County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.^[1]

History

A post office was established at Crete in 1882, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1918.^[3] The community may have been named after the pet name of Lucretia, a local young woman.^[4]

Geography

Crete is located about 3 miles (5 km) east of the town of Lynn.

Notable person

Jim Jones, leader of the Peoples Temple cult, was born in Crete in 1931.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Crete, Indiana
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Randolph County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. ...whose name was Lucretia or Crete.
^ Rolls, Geoff (November 26, 2014). Classic Case Studies in Psychology: Third edition. Taylor & Francis. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-317-90961-3.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Randolph County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Winchester
Cities	Union City Winchester	Map of Indiana highlighting Randolph County
Towns	Albany‡ Farmland Losantville Lynn Modoc Parker City Ridgeville Saratoga
Townships	Franklin Green Greensfork Jackson Monroe Stoney Creek Union Ward Washington Wayne White River
CDPs	Fairview Spartanburg Windsor‡
Other communities	Arba Bartonia Bloomingport Buena Vista Carlos Crete Deerfield Georgetown Harrisville Haysville Corner Huntsville Maxville Mull New Lisbon New Pittsburg Pinch Randolph Rural Scott Corner Shedville Snow Hill South Salem Stone Unionport
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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