Pikes Peak, Indiana

Pikes Peak
—  Town  —
Pikes Peak
Coordinates:
Country United States
State Indiana
County Brown
Township Van Buren
Elevation[1] 600 ft (183 m)
ZIP code 47448
FIPS code 18-59814[2]
GNIS feature ID 449710

Pikes Peak is an unincorporated town in Van Buren Township, Brown County, Indiana. According to legend, Adrian Miller, was planning on moving to Colorado to take advantage of the redesigned Homestead act in 1875. He wrote on the side of his conestoga wagon "Pikes Peak or Bust" Miller made it out of Columbus to the area now known as Pikes Peak. To save face he called the hill Pikes Peak and the name stuck.

Geography

    Pikes Peak is located at .

References

  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
  2. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
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