# Normal, Indiana

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**Normal** is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area#United_States) in [Grant County, Indiana](/source/Grant_County,_Indiana), in the [United States](/source/United_States).[1]

## History

The first post office opened at Normal, in 1852, was called Slash.[2] The post office was renamed Normal in 1880, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1902.[3]

## References

1. Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). [*From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History*](https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake). Indiana University Press. p. [244](https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/n261). ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. A post office established as Slash on September 27, 1852...

1. ["Grant County"](http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Grant&searchtext=&pagenum=2). Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 12 September 2014.

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