Birmingham, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Birmingham is located in Indiana
Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is located in the United States
Birmingham
Birmingham
Coordinates: 40°56′16″N 86°06′34″W / 40.93778°N 86.10944°W / 40.93778; -86.10944
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyMiami
TownshipAllen
Elevation
[1]
850 ft (260 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46951
FIPS code18-05410[2]
GNIS feature ID431104[1]

Birmingham is an unincorporated community in Allen Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1]

History

Birmingham was laid out in 1868 by Solomon Jones and Isaac Caulk.[3] It may be named after the industrial city of Birmingham, England.[4] Soon after it was platted, Birmingham contained a flour mill, a blacksmith shop and a general store.[5] A post office was established at Birmingham in 1862, and remained in operation until 1901.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Birmingham, Indiana
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ History of Miami County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Brant & Fuller. 1887. pp. 504.
  4. ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. ...name probably comes from the city in England.
  5. ^ Bodurtha, Arthur Lawrence (1914). History of Miami County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Pub. pp. 182.
  6. ^ "Miami County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 5, 2017.


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