Chili, Indiana

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Chili, Indiana
Census-designated place
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Chili
Coordinates: 40°51′44″N86°01′40″W / 40.86222°N 86.02778°W / 40.86222; -86.02778
Country United States
State Indiana
County Miami
Township Richland
Area
[1]
 • Total
0.209 sq mi (0.54 km2)
 • Land0.203 sq mi (0.53 km2)
 • Water0.006 sq mi (0.02 km2)
Elevation
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709 ft (216 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46926
GNIS feature ID2830464 [2]

Chili (Cheye-leye) [3] is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Richland Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [2]

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History

Chili, originally called "New Market", was surveyed in 1839. [4] In 1886, the Peru and Detroit Railway was extended to Chili. [5]

A post office was established at Chili in 1843, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1961. [6]

Geography

Chili is located in northern Miami County, on the north bank of the Eel River, a west-flowing tributary of the Wabash River. Indiana State Road 19 passes through the center of the town, leading south 8 miles (13 km) to Peru, the Miami county seat, and north 13 miles (21 km) to Akron. State Road 16 intersect SR 19 at the northern edge of Chili, leading west 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to Denver.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Chili CDP has a total area of 0.21 square miles (0.54 km2), of which 0.006 square miles (0.016 km2), or 2.87%, are water. [1]

Demographics

The United States Census Bureau delineated Chili as a census designated place in the 2022 American Community Survey. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Indiana". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chili, Indiana
  3. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  94. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3.
  4. ↑ History of Miami County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Brant & Fuller. 1887. pp.  768.
  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.  185.
  6. ↑ "Miami County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  7. ↑ "2022 Geography Changes". United States Census Bureau.


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