Beaver Dam, Indiana

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Beaver Dam, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Beaver Dam
Coordinates: 41°05′10″N86°00′48″W / 41.08611°N 86.01333°W / 41.08611; -86.01333
Country United States
State Indiana
County Kosciusko
Township Franklin
Elevation
[1]
896 ft (273 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46910
FIPS code 18-04024 [2]
GNIS feature ID430677 [1]

Beaver Dam is an unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Kosciusko County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1]

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History

Beaver Dam (previously spelled Beaverdam) contained a post office from 1844 until 1901. [3] [4] A beaver dam on the nearby creek caused the name to be selected. [5]

Demographics

The United States Census Bureau delineated Beaver Dam as a census designated place in the 2022 American Community Survey. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Beaver Dam". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved May 12, 2024.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Kosciusko County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
  4. ↑ Royse, L. W. (1919). A Standard History of Kosciusko County, Indiana: An Authentic Narrative of the Past. Lewis Publishing Company. p.  379.
  5. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  62. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. ...on the site of a large beaver dam, on a creek of the same name.
  6. ↑ "2022 Geography Changes". United States Census Bureau.


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