Twelve Mile, Indiana Explained

Official Name:Twelve Mile
Settlement Type:Unincorporated town and Census-designated place
Mapsize:120px
Pushpin Map:USA Indiana Cass County
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Cass County
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Indiana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Cass
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Adams
Coordinates:40.8656°N -86.2203°W
Elevation Ft:804
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:46988
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:18-76886[1]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2830330

Twelve Mile is an unincorporated town in Adams Township, Cass County, Indiana. Its name is sometimes said to come from its location that is approximately from the cities of Logansport, Peru and Rochester, but this is an old wives' tale. The town was located on the twelve-mile marker of the railroad that the town grew around.[2] The eastern portion of the town was formerly known as Hen Peck; but as the two small towns grew they became one town that was referred to as Twelve Mile.[3]

Festivals

The Twelve Mile Christmas Pageant has been held every December since 1970 in Plank-Hill Park. The pageant was started by Clifton Skinner, an employee at Bunker Hill Air Force Base (now Grissom Air Reserve Base), who based part of the pageant on a tradition among the base's airmen of placing Christmas-themed panels in front of their barracks.

Twelve Mile is home to the Twelve Mile 500[4], a riding lawnmower race held annually on Independence Day and begun in 1963.

References

  1. Web site: American FactFinder. https://archive.today/20200212221153/http://factfinder.census.gov/main.html. dead. 2020-02-12. United States Census Bureau. 2008-01-31.
  2. Indiana Place Names. Baker, Ronald L. and Marvin Carmony. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN. 1975. p167
  3. Baker, Ronald L., From Needmore to Prosperity Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1996, pp372. p328
  4. http://www.twelvemile500.com Twelve Mile 500

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