Editing Modoc, Indiana (section)

==History==
There are several legends to how the town of Modoc got its name. One of them said that a man travelling on the train threw out a cigar box containing the name Modoc, and that Henry Conley, one of the first settlers of the town, picked it up and suggested to bystanders that it would be a good name for the town. Another theory is that Modoc was named after the [[Modoc people]] who were traditionally located in northern [[California]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Gannett|first=Henry|title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ|year=1905|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n210 211]}}</ref> They became noted for their resistance to the US Army during the [[Modoc War]], ending in 1873.

A post office has been in operation at Modoc since 1883.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Randolph&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Randolph County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=March 10, 2017}}</ref>