Chase, Indiana

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Chase
Grain elevators along the railroad in Chase.
Grain elevators along the railroad in Chase.
Chase (Indiana)
Chase
Chase
Coordinates: 40°31′08″N 87°20′30″W / 40.51889, -87.34167
Country United States
State Indiana
County Benton
Township Grant
Elevation [1] 741 ft (226 m)
ZIP code 47921
GNIS feature ID 432433

Chase is an unincorporated town in Grant Township, Benton County, Indiana, United States. Though virtually extinct, Chase still persists on state and county maps and retains a single business in the form of grain elevators operated by Boswell Chase Grain, Inc.

[edit] History

The town of Chase was as a station on the Nickle Plate railway and was named after Hiram W. Chase of Lafayette, one of the promoters of the Lafayette, Muncie and Bloomington Railroad. In the early 20th century it consisted of two grain elevators, a general store and five or six dwellings.[2]

[edit] Geography

Chase is located at 40°31′08″N, 87°20′30″W in Grant Township, and sits on a low rise surrounded on the north, south and west by Mud Pine Creek. Indiana State Road 352 and the Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad both go west through the town.

[edit] References

  1. ^ US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
  2. ^ Birch, Jesse Setlington [1928] (1942). "Towns of the County", History of Benton County and Historic Oxford. Oxford, Indiana: Craw & Craw, p. 201. 
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