Beaver Dam, Indiana
Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States
41°05′10″N 86°00′48″W / 41.08611°N 86.01333°W / 41.08611; -86.0133346910
Beaver Dam is an unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Kosciusko County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1]
History
Beaver Dam (previously spelled Beaverdam) contained a post office from 1844 until 1901.[3][4] A beaver dam on the nearby creek caused the name to be selected.[5]
References
- ^ a b c "Beaver Dam". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Kosciusko County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
- ^ Royse, L. W. (1919). A Standard History of Kosciusko County, Indiana: An Authentic Narrative of the Past. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 379.
- ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3.
...on the site of a large beaver dam, on a creek of the same name.
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Municipalities and communities of Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Warsaw
communities
- Atwood
- Bayfield
- Bell Rohr Park
- Buttermilk Point
- Cedar Point
- Clunette
- Forest Glen
- Gravelton‡
- Hastings
- Highbanks
- Highlands Park
- Island Park
- Kanata Manayunk
- Kinsey
- Lakeside Park
- Lakeview Spring
- Milford Junction
- Monoquet
- Oakwood Park
- Packerton
- Pickwick Park
- Potawatomi Park
- Redmon Park
- Sevastopol
- Shady Banks
- South Park
- Stony Ridge
- Vawter Park
- Wawasee
- Wawasee Village
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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