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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox settlement Bennetts Switch is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Deer Creek Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1]

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.[2] The community was named for landowner Baldwin M. Bennett, a native of New York.[2] A post office was established at Bennetts Switch in 1862, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1935.[3]

Geography

Bennetts Switch is in southwestern Miami County, along Indiana State Road 18, less than a mile east of U.S. Route 31. SR 18 leads east Шаблон:Convert to Converse and west Шаблон:Convert to Galveston. Peru, the Miami county seat, is Шаблон:Convert to the north-northeast, while Kokomo is Шаблон:Convert to the south in Howard County.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Bennetts Switch CDP has an area of Шаблон:Convert, all land. Russell Ditch forms the southern edge of the community; it flows northwest to Deer Creek, which runs west to the Wabash River at Delphi.

References

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