Birmingham, Indiana

Last updated

Birmingham, Indiana
Unincorporated community
USA Indiana location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Birmingham
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Birmingham
Coordinates: 40°56′16″N86°06′34″W / 40.93778°N 86.10944°W / 40.93778; -86.10944
Country United States
State Indiana
County Miami
Township Allen
Elevation
[1]
850 ft (260 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46951
FIPS code 18-05410 [2]
GNIS feature ID431104 [1]

Birmingham is an unincorporated community in Allen Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1]

History

Birmingham was laid out in 1868 by Solomon Jones and Isaac Caulk. [3] It may be named after the industrial city of Birmingham, England. [4] Soon after it was platted, Birmingham contained a flour mill, a blacksmith shop and a general store. [5] A post office was established at Birmingham in 1862, and remained in operation until 1901. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Birmingham, Indiana
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ History of Miami County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Brant & Fuller. 1887. pp.  504.
  4. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  67. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. ...name probably comes from the city in England.
  5. ↑ 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.  182.
  6. ↑ "Miami County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 5, 2017.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.