Wingate, formerly known as "Pleasant Hill", is a town in Coal Creek Township, Montgomery County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 237 at the 2020 census. Wingate was platted as "Pleasant Hill" by Christian Bever in 1832. In the late 1890s and early 1900s the town's name was briefly changed to "Whitlock" on the map. While th…Wingate, formerly known as "Pleasant Hill", is a town in Coal Creek Township, Montgomery County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 237 at the 2020 census. Wingate was platted as "Pleasant Hill" by Christian Bever in 1832. In the late 1890s and early 1900s the town's name was briefly changed to "Whitlock" on the map. While the town's name was originally changed from Pleasant Hill to avoid confusion with another town called Pleasant Hill on the rail line, the name was changed from Wingate to Whitlock to appease the discontent of John C Wingate's political adversaries. The town was eventually renamed the town in honor of prominent townsperson John C. Wingate.
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