Nead, Indiana

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Nead, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Nead
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Nead
Coordinates: 40°42′26″N86°07′39″W / 40.70722°N 86.12750°W / 40.70722; -86.12750
Country United States
State Indiana
County Miami
Township Pipe Creek
Elevation
[1]
768 ft (234 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46970
FIPS code 18-52110 [2]
GNIS feature ID439955 [1]

Nead is an unincorporated community in Pipe Creek Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1]

History

A post office was established at Nead in 1894, and remained in operation until 1901. [3] The community was probably named for Samuel Nead, a local resident. [4]

Nead was not officially platted. By 1914, Nead contained a public school and a general store, and around 40 inhabitants. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Nead, Indiana
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Miami County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  4. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  233. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. According to the WPA files...was named for Samuel Nead, an early settler.
  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.  196.


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