Chili, Indiana Explained

Official Name:Chili, Indiana
Pushpin Map:Indiana#USA
Pushpin Label:Chili
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Indiana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Miami
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Richland
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Sq Mi:0.209
Area Land Sq Mi:0.203
Area Water Sq Mi:0.006
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Coordinates:40.8622°N -86.0278°W
Elevation Ft:709
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:46926
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:2830464

Chili (Cheye-leye)[2] is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Richland Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History

Chili, originally called "New Market", was surveyed in 1839.[3] In 1886, the Peru and Detroit Railway was extended to Chili.[4]

A post office was established at Chili in 1843, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1961.[5]

Geography

Chili is located in northern Miami County, on the north bank of the Eel River, a west-flowing tributary of the Wabash River. Indiana State Road 19 passes through the center of the town, leading south 8miles to Peru, the Miami county seat, and north to Akron. State Road 16 intersect SR 19 at the northern edge of Chili, leading west 2.5miles to Denver.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Chili CDP has a total area of 0.21sqmi, of which 0.006sqmi, or 2.87%, are water.[1]

References

  1. Web site: 2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Indiana . United States Census Bureau . April 18, 2023.
  2. Book: Baker, Ronald L.. From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. registration. October 1995. Indiana University Press. 978-0-253-32866-3. 94.
  3. Book: History of Miami County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present . Brant & Fuller . 1887 . 768.
  4. 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 . 185.
  5. Web site: Miami County . Jim Forte Postal History . December 14, 2016.