Duff, Indiana

Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States

38°19′38″N 87°01′35″W / 38.32722°N 87.02639°W / 38.32722; -87.02639CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyDuboisTownship PatokaElevation

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466 ft (142 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code

47542

Area code(s)812, 930FIPS code18-18874^[2]GNIS feature ID433754^[1]

Duff is an unincorporated community in Patoka Township, Dubois County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.^[1]

History

Duff was platted in 1883 by Robert Small. It was likely named for Col. B. B. Edmonston, who had the nickname "Colonel Duff".^[3]

A post office was established at Duff in 1868, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1955.^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Duff, 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. 367.
^ "Dubois County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 17, 2016.