College Corner, Jay County, Indiana facts for kids

Quick facts for kids College Corner, Jay County, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Jay
Township	Wayne
Elevation	922 ft (281 m)
ZIP code	47371
FIPS code	18-14338
GNIS feature ID	432765

College Corner is a small, quiet community located in Wayne Township, within Jay County, Indiana. It is known as an unincorporated community. This means it doesn't have its own separate city government like a big city would. Instead, it's part of the larger county area.

A Look Back: The History of College Corner

College Corner was first established in the year 1850. It got its interesting name because of a school called Farmers Academy that was located there. This academy played an important role in the early days of the community. For a while, from 1862 to 1872, College Corner even had its own post office, helping people send and receive mail.