Bennetts Switch, Indiana

Bennetts Switch is an unincorporated community in Allen Township, Miami County, Indiana.

History

Bennetts Switch (historically spelled with the apostrophe, Bennett's Switch) was laid out shortly after the Lake Erie and Western Railroad was built through the settlement. It was named for landowner Baldwin M. Bennett, a native of New York.^[1]

References

1. ↑ 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. 181. 

Municipalities and communities of Miami County, Indiana, United States County seat: Peru City Peru Towns Amboy Bunker Hill Converse‡ Denver Macy Townships Allen Butler Clay Deer Creek Erie Harrison Jackson Jefferson Perry Peru Pipe Creek Richland Union Washington CDP Grissom AFB‡ Mexico Other unincorporated communities Bennetts Switch Birmingham Chili Courter Deedsville Doyle Erie Flora Gilead Loree McGrawsville Miami Nead New Santa Fe North Grove Park View Heights Peoria Perrysburg Pettysville Santa Fe South Peru Wawpecong Wells Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 40°35′06″N 86°06′46″W / 40.58500°N 86.11278°W / 40.58500; -86.11278