Coordinates: 40°07′13″N 85°26′33″W / 40.12028°N 85.44250°W / 40.12028; -85.44250

Progress, Indiana

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Progress
Coordinates: 40°07′13″N 85°26′33″W / 40.12028°N 85.44250°W / 40.12028; -85.44250
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyDelaware
TownshipMonroe
Elevation971 ft (296 m)
ZIP code
47302
FIPS code18-62118[2]
GNIS feature ID441606[1]

Progress is an unincorporated community in Monroe Township, Delaware County, Indiana.

History

A post office was established at Progress in 1900, and was discontinued the next year, in 1901.[3] The name embodies the spirit of progress.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Progress, Indiana
  2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. "Delaware County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  4. Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 272. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. The name is commendatory.