Rotary Free Library - Wingate, IN
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N 40° 10.208 W 087° 04.394
16T E 493764 N 4446643
This Free Little Library, located in the small town of Wingate, in Indiana, is not registered on the Free Little Library website.
Waymark Code: WMMN08
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 10/12/2014
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This library is located in Wingate, Indiana, by the side of Indiana State Road 25, outside of the Native Museum and Gift Shop, that is housed in a former bank building.
I could not find this little library listed on the Free Little Library website. However, there was an article in the local paper, the Crawfordsville Journal Review, about the Free Little Libraries in Montgomery County, provided by the Crawfordsville Rotary Club, in conjunction with the Hoosier Heartland State Bank, (
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Wingate, formerly known as Pleasant Hill, is a town in Coal Creek Township, Montgomery County, Indiana, United States. The population was 263 at the 2010 census. Wingate was platted, (as Pleasant Hill), by Christian Bever in 1832. Citizens renamed the town in honor of prominent townsperson, John C. Wingate. (
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Coal Creek Township is one of eleven townships in Montgomery County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,544. Coal Creek Township took its name from Coal Creek, which was so named from the deposits of coal in its hillsides. (
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Montgomery County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 38,124. The county seat is Crawfordsville. The county is divided into 11 townships which provide local services. (
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