Courter, Indiana

Courter
Unincorporated community
Courter
Coordinates: 40°50′13″N 86°03′47″W / 40.83694°N 86.06306°WCoordinates: 40°50′13″N 86°03′47″W / 40.83694°N 86.06306°W
Country United States
State Indiana
County Miami
Township Jefferson
Elevation 741 ft (226 m)
ZIP code 46970
FIPS code 18-15436[1]
GNIS feature ID 433045[2]

Courter is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Miami County, Indiana.

History

Courter was platted in 1869 by R. F. Donaldson.[3]

Courter had a depot on the Lake Erie and Western Railroad. At one time Courter contained a general store, a blacksmith shop, and a public school.[4]

Geography

Courter is located at 40°50′13″N 86°03′47″W / 40.83694°N 86.06306°W.

References

  1. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ "Courter, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
  3. ↑ History of Miami County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Brant & Fuller. 1887. p. 681.
  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. 188.