Editing Lebanon, Indiana (section)

==History==
Lebanon was officially established on April 30, 1830.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://lebanon.in.gov/history/ |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=City of Lebanon |language=en-US}}</ref> It was named by a pioneer settler who saw a stand of [[hickory tree]]s on the site and was reminded of the [[Biblical]] [[Lebanon Cedar|cedars]] of [[Lebanon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityoflebanon.org/history.cfm|title=Lebanon, Indiana - History|publisher=City of Lebanon, Indiana|access-date=2011-05-31|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706024808/http://www.cityoflebanon.org/history.cfm|archive-date=2011-07-06}}</ref> The first post office at Lebanon was established in 1832.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Boone | title=Boone County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=26 August 2014}}</ref> In 1853, Lebanon was incorporated as a town and later became a city in 1875.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hellmann |first=Paul T. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&lpg=PA313&pg=PA321#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States |date=2006-02-14 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-94859-7 |page=321 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ISL_IND_Pam_BooneCo04_01 |url=https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p1819coll6/id/83643/ |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org |language=en}}</ref>

===Historical sites===
Lebanon is the home of the [[Strange Nathanial Cragun House|Historic Cragun House]]. Built in 1893, it was once the home of Strange Nathaniel Cragun and his family. The family travelled the world, and their house is now a living history museum full of the pieces they collected from their travels as well as original furniture from the dwelling. This Victorian home is owned and maintained by the Boone County Historical Society and serves as headquarters for the organization.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.boonecountyhistorical.org/the-cragun-house.html|title=The Cragun House|website=Boone County Historical Society}}</ref> The Cragun House has been added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://reporter.net/local/x1118842890/Cragun-House-now-an-official-historic-place |title=Cragun House now an official 'historic place' » Local News » Lebanon Reporter |access-date=2012-10-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222025644/http://reporter.net/local/x1118842890/Cragun-House-now-an-official-historic-place |archive-date=2013-02-22 }}</ref><ref name="nps">{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20111223.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=2011-12-23|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/12/11 through 12/16/11|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>

Also listed on the National Register of Historic Places are the [[Boone County Courthouse (Indiana)|Boone County Courthouse]] and [[Oak Hill Cemetery (Lebanon, Indiana)|Oak Hill Cemetery]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref><ref name="nps1">{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20140404.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=2014-04-04|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 3/24/14 through 3/28/14|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>