{"id":1279,"date":"2014-11-21T10:40:38","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T10:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/?p=1279"},"modified":"2014-11-21T03:42:46","modified_gmt":"2014-11-21T03:42:46","slug":"photo-friday-morocco-indiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/2014\/11\/21\/photo-friday-morocco-indiana\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Friday: Morocco, Indiana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/337\/2014\/11\/morocco.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/337\/2014\/11\/morocco.jpg\" alt=\"morocco\" width=\"700\" height=\"785\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1280\" \/><\/a>This <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Morocco,_Indiana\" target=\"_blank\">Morocco<\/a> isn&#8217;t a kingdom in the Mahgreb but a small town in rural northwest Indiana &#8212; specifically, it&#8217;s in Beaver Township of Newton County. It was founded in 1851.<\/p>\n<p>The population was 1,129 at the 2010 census, which shows the town comprising a total area of 1.13 square miles. <\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.townofmorocco.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">local lore<\/a>, it wasn&#8217;t named for that other Morocco, but after a traveler&#8217;s red <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Morocco_leather\" target=\"_blank\">Moroccan leather<\/a> boots (as pictured on the town sign). <a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/337\/2014\/11\/town-of-morocco.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/337\/2014\/11\/town-of-morocco.jpg\" alt=\"town-of-morocco\" width=\"279\" height=\"235\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>(Submitted photos, used with permission)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Morocco isn&#8217;t a kingdom in the Mahgreb but a small town in rural northwest Indiana &#8212; specifically, it&#8217;s in Beaver Township of Newton County. 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