# Haskell, Indiana

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{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Indiana, U.S.}}
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'''Haskell''' is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area) in [LaPorte County, Indiana](/source/LaPorte_County%2C_Indiana), in the [United States](/source/United_States).<ref>{{GNIS|435860}}</ref>

==History==
Haskell, originally called Haskell Station, had its start in the 1850s as a railroad town.<ref>{{cite book|last=Packard|first=Jasper|title=History of La Porte County, Indiana, and Its Townships, Towns and Cities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YlsvAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA141|year=1876|publisher=S. E. Taylor, printers|page=141}}</ref> The community was likely named for James Haskell, a pioneer settler.<ref>{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/n177 160]|quote=James Haskell, one of the early settlers...}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Daniels|first=E. D.|title=A twentieth century history and biographical record of La Porte County, Indiana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xdQWAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA104|year=1904|publisher=Lewis Publishing Co.|page=104}}</ref> A post office was established at Haskell in 1857, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1937.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=La+Porte | title=LaPorte County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=29 December 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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{{LaPorte County, Indiana}}

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