Wawpecong, Indiana

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Wawpecong, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Former Shell gas station on State Road 18
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Coordinates: 40°34′42″N86°02′32″W / 40.57833°N 86.04222°W / 40.57833; -86.04222
Country United States
State Indiana
County Miami
Township Clay
Elevation
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856 ft (261 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46901
FIPS code 18-81584 [2]
GNIS feature ID445571 [1]

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

History

Wawpecong (historically spelled Waupecong) was platted in 1849. [3] Wawpecong is a name derived from the Miami-Illinois language meaning "shell-bark hickories". [4] A post office was established at Wawpecong in 1849, and remained in operation until 1907. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wawpecong, Indiana
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ 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.  202.
  4. ↑ Bright, William (2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 558. ISBN   978-0-8061-3598-4.
  5. ↑ "Miami County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 22, 2015.


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