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Santa Claus, Santa Claus statue in front of the town hall in Santa Claus, Ind. [Credit: Nomadjim]town, Spencer county, southwestern Indiana, U.S. It lies 38 miles (61 km) east-northeast of Evansville. Laid out in 1846, it was jocularly called Santa Claus after the preferred name, Santa Fe, was found to be that of another Indiana community (and because it was the Christmas season). Its post office annually remails hundreds of thousands of pieces of Christmas mail with the Santa Claus postmark. The town contains Holiday World, a theme park with amusement rides and displays of toys from many countries. The town is located in an agricultural area that produces corn (maize), soybeans, and dairy and beef cattle. Local manufactures include television cabinets and office furniture, and nearby industries produce steel, machine tools, and chemicals. The Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, to the west of town, commemorates the childhood farm home of Abraham Lincoln and is the burial site of his mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln. Lincoln State Park and Lincoln City are nearby. Inc. town, 1967. Pop. (2000) 2,041; (2010) 2,481.

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