Bennetts Switch, Indiana

Bennetts Switch is an unincorporated community in Deer Creek Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[2]

Bennetts Switch, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Bennetts Switch
Bennetts Switch
Coordinates: 40°35′06″N 86°06′46″W
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyMiami
TownshipDeer Creek
Elevation820 ft (250 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46901
GNIS feature ID430817

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.

References
  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
  2. "Bennetts Switch, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  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. 181.
  4. "Miami County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 22 August 2015.



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