Miami, Indiana

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Miami, Indiana
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 40°36′51″N86°06′24″W / 40.61417°N 86.10667°W / 40.61417; -86.10667
Country United States
State Indiana
County Miami
Township Deer Creek
Area
[1]
 • Total0.17 sq mi (0.4 km2)
 • Land0.17 sq mi (0.4 km2)
 • Water0.0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
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794 ft (242 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46959
FIPS code 18-48672 [3]
GNIS feature ID2830465 [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]

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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

  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: Miami, Indiana
  3. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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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