Owasco, Indiana Explained

Official Name:	Owasco
Mapsize:	120px
Pushpin Map:	USA Indiana Carroll County
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Carroll County
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	United States
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Name1:	Indiana
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	Carroll
Subdivision Type3:	Township
Subdivision Name3:	Clay
Coordinates:	40.4608°N -86.6281°W
Elevation Ft:	705
Postal Code Type:	ZIP code
Postal Code:	46065
Blank Name:	FIPS code
Blank Info:	18-57420^[1]
Blank1 Name:	GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:	440788

Owasco is an unincorporated community in Clay Township, Carroll County, Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

A post office was established at Owasco in 1883.^[2] It was named after Owasco Lake, in New York.^[3]

References

1. Web site: U.S. Census website. United States Census Bureau. 2008-01-31.
2. Web site: Carroll County . Jim Forte Postal History . 28 August 2014.
3. 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. 254. The name, borrowed from the lake in New York....