Jerome, Indiana

Coordinates: 40°27′24″N 85°55′58″W / 40.45667°N 85.93278°W / 40.45667; -85.93278
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Jerome, Indiana
FIPS code
18-38484[2]
GNIS feature ID2830414[1]

Jerome is an

Metropolitan Statistical Area
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History

Jerome is named after the son of its first settler, Hampton Brown. Jerome Brown later served as a county commissioner.[3] Jerome was once incorporated as a town, in 1877.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jerome, Indiana
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ "Time Line of Howard County, 1844-". Kokomo-Howard County Public Library. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2014.