Courter, Indiana

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Courter, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Courter
Coordinates: 40°50′13″N86°03′47″W / 40.83694°N 86.06306°W / 40.83694; -86.06306
Country United States
State Indiana
County Miami
Township Jefferson
Elevation
[1]
745 ft (227 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46970
FIPS code 18-15436 [2]
GNIS feature ID433045 [1]

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

History

Courter was platted in 1869 by R. F. Donaldson. [3] The community was named after the Courter family of settlers. [4]

Courter had a depot on the Lake Erie and Western Railroad. At one time, the town contained a general store, a blacksmith shop, and a public school. [5] A post office was established at Courter in 1869, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1896. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Courter, Indiana
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ History of Miami County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Brant & Fuller. 1887. pp.  681.
  4. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  104. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. ...named Courter, for a local family...
  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.  188.
  6. ↑ "Miami County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 5, 2017.


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