Editing Morocco, Indiana (section)

==History==
[[File:Indiana - Lafayette - NARA - 23940059 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Morocco in 1919]]
Morocco was laid out in 1851.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/newtoncountycoll00adej | title=Newton County: A Collection of Historical Facts and Personal Recollections Concerning Newton County, Indiana, from 1853 to 1911 | publisher=Bobbs-Merrill | author=Ade, John | year=1911 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/newtoncountycoll00adej/page/191 191]}}</ref> The town was named after [[Morocco]], for a traveler's Moroccan red boots.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.townofmorocco.com/|title=Home|website=www.townofmorocco.com|access-date=February 12, 2020}}</ref><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/227 227]|quote=...apparently named for the country in North Africa...}}</ref> A post office has been in operation at the town since 1859.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Newton | title=Newton County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=May 6, 2017}}</ref>

The [[Scott-Lucas House]] and [[Seller's Standard Station and Pullman Diner]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref><ref name="nps">{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20141010.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=October 10, 2014|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/29/14 through 10/03/14|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>