Birmingham, Indiana
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Coordinates: 40°56′16″N 86°06′34″W / 40.93778°N 86.10944°WCoordinates: 40°56′16″N 86°06′34″W / 40.93778°N 86.10944°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Indiana |
County | Miami |
Township | Allen |
Elevation | 850 ft (260 m) |
ZIP code | 46951 |
FIPS code | 18-05410[1] |
GNIS feature ID | 431104[2] |
Birmingham is an unincorporated town in Allen Township, Miami County, Indiana.
History
Birmingham was laid out in 1868 by Solomon Jones and Isaac Caulk.[3] Shortly after it was platted, Birmingham contained a flour mill, a blacksmith shop and a general store.[4]
Geography
Birmingham is located at 40°56′16″N 86°06′34″W / 40.93778°N 86.10944°W.
References
- ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ↑ "Birmingham, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
- ↑ History of Miami County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Brant & Fuller. 1887. p. 504.
- ↑ Bodurtha , Arthur Lawrence (1914). History of Miami County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Pub. p. 182.
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