Miami, Indiana
Miami, Indiana | ||
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FIPS code 18-48672[3] | | |
GNIS feature ID | 2830465[2] |
Miami is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Deer Creek Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[2]
History
Miami was founded by Isaac Herrell and platted in 1849 by Isaac's brother James.[4] Their other brother Austin started the first church and school in his home. James' son Beecher opened the first grocery store. The community took its name from Miami County.[5]
Geography
Miami is located in southwestern Miami County and is 1 mile (1.6 km) east of U.S. Route 31, 11 miles (18 km) south of Peru, the county seat, and 9 miles (14 km) north of Kokomo.
According to the
U.S. Census Bureau, the Miami CDP has an area of 0.165 square miles (0.43 km2), all land.[1] Deer Creek runs along the southern edge of the community, flowing west to the Wabash River at Delphi
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References
- ^ a b "2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Indiana". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Miami, Indiana
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Bodurtha, Arthur Lawrence (1914). History of Miami County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Pub. pp. 195.
- ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3.
...and named for the county in which it is located.