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'''Cone'''&mdash;established as '''West Milan'''&mdash;is an [[unincorporated community]] in southwestern [[Milan Township]], [[Monroe County]], [[Michigan]]. It is located about six miles southwest of [[Milan]] and five miles northeast of [[Britton]]. The community can be accessed via [[U.S. Highway 23]] exit 22. The [[ZIP code]] is 48160, but the [[United States Postal Service]] lists Cone as an unacceptable city reference.<ref>[http://www.usps.gov/ United States Postal Service: Zip code look-up]</ref> Instead, the postal city is Milan. During its history, however, it had an independent post office.

==History==
The community was first known as '''West Milan''' when a post office was established in 1859. The original postmaster was [[John C. Cone]]. In 1880, the [[Wabash Western Railroad]] opened a station named "Cone," named after the original settler. In 1881, the post office changed its name to correspond to the railroad station.<ref>[http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty;cc=micounty;sid=abb867ef6b9e2c2bab12d72b2a6a662b;q1=azalia;rgn=full%20text;idno=BAD1008.0001.001;view=image;seq=00000737 Milan Township History]</ref> Around 1917,<ref>[http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MI&county=Monroe Post office listings]</ref> the post office ceased to function and was merged into the operations in Milan.

==External links==
*[http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty;cc=micounty;sid=abb867ef6b9e2c2bab12d72b2a6a662b;q1=azalia;rgn=full%20text;idno=BAD1008.0001.001;view=image;seq=00000737 Milan Township History] in ''History of Monroe County, Michigan'',  Wing, Talcott Enoch, ed. New York, Munsell & company, 1890. p. 593

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	'''Cone'''—established as '''West Milan'''—is an [[unincorporated community]] in southwestern [[Milan Township]], [[Monroe County]], [[Michigan]]. It is located about six miles southwest of [[Milan]] and five miles northeast of [[Britton]]. The community can be accessed via [[U.S. Highway 23]] exit 22. The [[ZIP code]] is 48160, but the [[United States Postal Service]] lists Cone as an unacceptable city reference.<ref>[http://www.usps.gov/ United States Postal Service: Zip code look-up]</ref> Instead, the postal city is Milan. During its history, however, it had an independent post office.		'''Cone'''—established as '''West Milan'''—is an [[unincorporated community]] in southwestern [[Milan Township]], [[Monroe County]], [[Michigan]]. It is located about six miles southwest of [[Milan]] and five miles northeast of [[Britton]]. The community can be accessed via [[U.S. Highway 23]] exit 22. The [[ZIP code]] is 48160, but the [[United States Postal Service]] lists Cone as an unacceptable city reference.<ref>[http://www.usps.gov/ United States Postal Service: Zip code look-up]</ref> Instead, the postal city is Milan. During its history, however, it had an independent post office.