Beaver Dam, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Beaver Dam is located in Indiana
Beaver Dam
Beaver Dam
Beaver Dam is located in the United States
Beaver Dam
Beaver Dam
Coordinates: 41°05′10″N 86°00′48″W / 41.08611°N 86.01333°W / 41.08611; -86.01333
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyKosciusko
TownshipFranklin
Elevation
[1]
896 ft (273 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46910
FIPS code18-04024[2]
GNIS feature ID430677

Beaver Dam is an unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Kosciusko County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[3]

History

Beaver Dam (previously spelled Beaverdam) contained a post office from 1844 until 1901.[4][5] A beaver dam on the nearby creek caused the name to be selected.[6]

Geography

Beaver Dam is located at 41°05′10″N 86°00′48″W / 41.08611°N 86.01333°W / 41.08611; -86.01333.

References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Beaver Dam, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Kosciusko County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
  5. ↑ Royse, L. W. (1919). A Standard History of Kosciusko County, Indiana: An Authentic Narrative of the Past. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 379.
  6. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. ...on the site of a large beaver dam, on a creek of the same name.


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