Miami, Indiana
Miami is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Deer Creek Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
History
Miami was founded by Isaac Herrell and platted in 1849 by Isaac's brother James. 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.
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 km), all land. Deer Creek runs along the southern edge of the community, flowing west to the Wabash River at Delphi.
References
- ^ "2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Indiana". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3.
...and named for the county in which it is located.
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