Paw Paw, Indiana

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Paw Paw, Indiana
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Paw Paw
Coordinates: 40°52′55″N85°57′45″W / 40.88194°N 85.96250°W / 40.88194; -85.96250
Country United States
State Indiana
County Miami
Township Richland
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46926

Paw Paw was a community in Richland Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History

Paw Paw was platted in 1847. [1] When the Eel River Railroad was built in Miami County, it was not extended to Paw Paw, and the village became a ghost town. [2]

A post office was established at Paw Paw in 1840, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1883. [3]

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References

  1. History of Miami County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Brant & Fuller. 1887. p. 770.
  2. Bodurtha, Arthur Lawrence (1914). History of Miami County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Pub. p. 197.
  3. "Miami County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 13, 2018.