Birmingham, Indiana

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Birmingham
Town
Birmingham
Coordinates: 40°56′16″N 86°06′34″W / 40.93778°N 86.10944°W / 40.93778; -86.10944Coordinates: 40°56′16″N 86°06′34″W / 40.93778°N 86.10944°W / 40.93778; -86.10944
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 / 40.93778; -86.10944.

References

  1. "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
  2. "Birmingham, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-10. 
  3. History of Miami County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Brant & Fuller. 1887. p. 504. 
  4. 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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