Wawpecong is an unincorporated community in Clay Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1]
Wawpecong, Indiana | |
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 Former Shell gas station on State Road 18 | |
  Wawpecong  Wawpecong | |
| Coordinates: 40°34′42″N 86°02′32″W / 40.57833°N 86.04222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Miami |
| Township | Clay |
| Elevation | 856 ft (261 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 46901 |
| FIPS code | 18-81584[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 445571[1] |
History
editWawpecong (historically spelled Waupecong) was platted in 1849.[3] Wawpecong is a name derived from the Miami-Illinois language meaning "shell-bark hickories".[4] A post office was established at Wawpecong in 1849, and remained in operation until 1907.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wawpecong, Indiana
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Bodurtha, Arthur Lawrence (1914). History of Miami County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Pub. pp. 202.
- ^ Bright, William (2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 558. ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4.
- ^ "Miami County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
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