Official Name: | Jerome, Indiana |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community and Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Indiana#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Jerome |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Howard |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Union |
Coordinates: | 40.4567°N -85.9328°W |
Elevation Ft: | 840 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 46936 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-38484[1] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2830414 |
Jerome is an unincorporated community in Union Township, Howard County, Indiana, United States. It is part of the Kokomo, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Jerome is named after the son of its first settler, Hampton Brown. Jerome Brown later served as a county commissioner.[2] Jerome was once incorporated as a town, in 1877.[3]