Bennetts Switch, Indiana
Bennetts Switch, Indiana | |
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Coordinates: 40°35′06″N 86°06′46″W / 40.58500°N 86.11278°WCoordinates: 40°35′06″N 86°06′46″W / 40.58500°N 86.11278°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Indiana |
County | Miami |
Township | Deer Creek |
Elevation | 820 ft (250 m) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 46901 |
GNIS feature ID | 430817 |
Bennetts Switch is an unincorporated community in Deer Creek Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[2]
History[]
Bennetts Switch (historically spelled with the apostrophe, Bennett's Switch) was laid out shortly after the Lake Erie and Western Railroad was built through the settlement.[3] The community was named for landowner Baldwin M. Bennett, a native of New York.[3] A post office was established at Bennetts Switch in 1862, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1935.[4]
Geography[]
Bennetts Switch is located at 40°35′06″N 86°06′46″W / 40.58500°N 86.11278°W.
References[]
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
- ^ "Bennetts Switch, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
- ^ a b 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. 181.
- ^ "Miami County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
Categories:
- Unincorporated communities in Miami County, Indiana
- Unincorporated communities in Indiana
- 1862 establishments in Indiana
- Northern Indiana geography stubs