Cuzco, Indiana
Cuzco is located in Indiana
Cuzco
Cuzco
Cuzco is located in the United States
Cuzco
Cuzco
Coordinates: 38°28′30″N 86°43′22″W / 38.47500°N 86.72278°W / 38.47500; -86.72278
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyDubois
TownshipColumbia
Elevation525 ft (160 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47432
Area code(s)812, 930
FIPS code18-16498[2]
GNIS feature ID450826[1]

Cuzco (pronounced: KUZ-co) is an unincorporated community in Columbia Township, Dubois County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1]

History

Cuzco was platted in 1905 by William H. Nicholson.[3] It was named after Cusco, in Peru.[4] A post office was established at Cuzco in 1902, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1955.[5]

Civil War historian Gilbert R. Tredway was reared in Cuzco during the 1920s and 1930s.

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cuzco, Indiana
  2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. Wilson, George R. (1910). History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910. Windmill Publications. pp. 347.
  4. Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. ...comes from the city in Peru, South America.
  5. "Dubois County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 3, 2016.


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