Mays is an unincorporated community in Center Township, Rush County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1]

Mays, Indiana
Mays is located in Indiana
Mays
Mays
Mays is located in the United States
Mays
Mays
Coordinates: 39°44′37″N 85°25′44″W / 39.74361°N 85.42889°W / 39.74361; -85.42889
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyRush
TownshipCenter
Elevation1,014 ft (309 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46155
FIPS code18-47826[2]
GNIS feature ID2830519[1]

History

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A post office has been in operation at Mays since 1883.[3] Mays was laid out and platted in 1884.[4]

Geography

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Mays lies east of the town of Carthage, and west of the unincorporated community Raleigh.

Education

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Mays is served by Mays Community Academy for grades K-6, and they move to Benjamin Rush Middle School in Rushville for grades 7–8, and then Rushville Consolidated High School in grades 9–12.

References

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  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mays, Indiana
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ "Rush County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  4. ^ History of Rush County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present, with Biographical Sketches, Notes, Etc. Eastern Indiana Publishing Company. 1888. p. 668.