Chili, Indiana

Chili, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Chili
Chili
Coordinates: 40°51′36″N 86°01′35″W / 40.86000°N 86.02639°W / 40.86000; -86.02639Coordinates: 40°51′36″N 86°01′35″W / 40.86000°N 86.02639°W / 40.86000; -86.02639
Country United States
State Indiana
County Miami
Township Richland
Elevation[1] 705 ft (215 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 46970
GNIS feature ID 432475

Chili is an unincorporated community in Richland Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[2]

History

Chili, originally called New Market, was surveyed in 1839.[3] In 1886, the Peru and Detroit Railway was extended to Chili.[4]

A post office was established at Chili in 1843, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1961.[5]

Geography

Chili is located at 40°51′36″N 86°01′35″W / 40.86000°N 86.02639°W / 40.86000; -86.02639, situated on the north bank of the Eel River.

References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
  2. ↑ "Chili, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
  3. ↑ History of Miami County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Brant & Fuller. 1887. p. 768.
  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. 185.
  5. ↑ "Miami County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 14, 2016.


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