Thayer is an unincorporated community in Lincoln Township, Newton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

[1] Thayer was laid out as a town in 1882.

[4] A post office has been in operation at Thayer since 1881.

[5] Thayer, along with Shelby, Sumava Resorts and other small Kankakee River communities, has historically had to contend with periodic flooding from the river.

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