Poe, Indiana

Poe
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 40°56′09″N 85°05′13″W / 40.93583°N 85.08694°W / 40.93583; -85.08694Coordinates: 40°56′09″N 85°05′13″W / 40.93583°N 85.08694°W / 40.93583; -85.08694
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Allen County
Township	Marion
Elevation[1]	794 ft (242 m)

Poe is an unincorporated community in Marion Township, Allen County, Indiana. It was originally known as Williamsport.

History

Poe was first named Williamsport, in honor of landowner William Essig, but it was afterwards changed because the U.S. postal authorities refused to accept that name, there being another post office in the state with a similar name.^[2]

Geography

Poe is located at 40°56′09″N 85°05′13″W / 40.93583°N 85.08694°W / 40.93583; -85.08694.

References

1. ↑ "USGS detail on Poe". Retrieved 2007-11-05. 
2. ↑ Griswold, Bert Joseph; Taylor, Mrs. Samuel R. (1917). The Pictorial History of Fort Wayne, Indiana: A Review of Two Centuries of Occupation of the Region about the Head of the Maumee River. Robert O. Law Company. p. 621. 

Municipalities and communities of Allen County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Fort Wayne
Cities	Fort Wayne New Haven Woodburn
Towns	Grabill Huntertown Leo-Cedarville Monroeville Zanesville‡
Townships	Aboite Adams Cedar Creek Eel River Jackson Jefferson Lafayette Lake Madison Marion Maumee Milan Monroe Perry Pleasant Saint Joseph Scipio Springfield Washington Wayne
CDPs	Harlan Hoagland
Other unincorporated communities	Aboite Arcola Ari Boston Corner Cedar Canyons Cedar Shores Cuba Dixon‡ Dunfee‡ Dunn Mill East Liberty Edgerton Five Points Four Presidents Corners Halls Corners Hessen Cassel Maples Milan Center Poe Sunnymede Woods Tillman Timbercrest Townley Yoder Zulu
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties