Crete, Indiana
Encyclopedia
Crete is a small town in Greensfork Township
, Randolph County
, Indiana
about 3 miles east of the town of Lynn
.
, leader of the People's Temple cult, committed mass suicide in Jonestown
, Guyana
in 1978, was born in Crete in 1931.
Greensfork Township, Randolph County, Indiana
Greensfork Township is one of eleven townships in Randolph County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,201.-External links:* *...
, Randolph County
Randolph County, Indiana
Randolph County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 26,171. The county seat is Winchester.-History:...
, Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
about 3 miles east of the town of Lynn
Lynn, Indiana
Lynn is a town in Washington Township, Randolph County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,097 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Lynn is located at ....
.
People from Crete
Jim JonesJim Jones
James Warren "Jim" Jones was the founder and leader of the Peoples Temple, which is best known for the November 18, 1978 mass suicide of 909 Temple members in Jonestown, Guyana along with the killings of five other people at a nearby airstrip.Jones was born in Indiana and started the Temple in...
, leader of the People's Temple cult, committed mass suicide in Jonestown
Jonestown
Jonestown was the informal name for the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, an intentional community in northwestern Guyana formed by the Peoples Temple led by Jim Jones. It became internationally notorious when, on November 18, 1978, 918 people died in the settlement as well as in a nearby...
, Guyana
Guyana
Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
in 1978, was born in Crete in 1931.