Cuzco, Indiana

Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States

38°28′30″N 86°43′22″W / 38.47500°N 86.72278°W / 38.47500; -86.72278CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyDuboisTownship ColumbiaElevation

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525 ft (160 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code

47432

Area code(s)812, 930FIPS 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.

Education

Columba Township is in Northeast Dubois County School Corporation.^[6]

Prior to 1948, the community had its own high school. The school colors were black and white, and the mascot was the bear cubs. In 1948 the school merged into Dubois High School. The high school later became named Northeast Dubois High School.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cuzco, Indiana
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ Wilson, George R. (1910). History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910. Windmill Publications. pp. 347.
^ 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.
^ "Dubois County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Dubois County, IN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 12, 2024. - Text list.
^ Blackford, Nathan (July 15, 2014). "School's Out Forever". Evansville Living. Evansville, Indiana. Retrieved June 12, 2024.