Bennetts Switch, Indiana Explained

Official Name:Bennetts Switch, Indiana
Pushpin Map:Indiana#USA
Pushpin Label:Bennetts Switch
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Indiana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Miami
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Deer Creek
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Sq Mi:0.40
Area Land Sq Mi:0.40
Area Water Sq Mi:0.0
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Coordinates:40.5872°N -86.11°W
Elevation Ft:817
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:46901 (Kokomo)
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:2830463

Bennetts Switch is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Deer Creek Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

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.[2] The community was named for landowner Baldwin M. Bennett, a native of New York. A post office was established at Bennetts Switch in 1862, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1935.[3]

Geography

Bennetts Switch is in southwestern Miami County, along Indiana State Road 18, less than a mile east of U.S. Route 31. SR 18 leads east to Converse and west 4miles to Galveston. Peru, the Miami county seat, is to the north-northeast, while Kokomo is 7miles to the south in Howard County.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Bennetts Switch CDP has an area of 0.4sqmi, all land. Russell Ditch forms the southern edge of the community; it flows northwest to Deer Creek, which runs west to the Wabash River at Delphi.

References

  1. Web site: 2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Indiana . United States Census Bureau . April 18, 2023.
  2. Book: History of Miami County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests . Lewis Pub. . Bodurtha, Arthur Lawrence . 1914 . 181.
  3. Web site: Miami County . Jim Forte Postal History . 22 August 2015.