Bennetts Switch, Indiana
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|subdivision_name1 = Indiana
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|subdivision_name2 = Miami
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
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Bennetts Switch is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Deer Creek Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
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.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historyofmiamico01bodu | title=History of Miami County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests | publisher=Lewis Pub. | author=Bodurtha, Arthur Lawrence | year=1914 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofmiamico01bodu/page/181 181]}} The community was named for landowner Baldwin M. Bennett, a native of New York. A post office was established at Bennetts Switch in 1862, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1935.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Miami | title=Miami County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=22 August 2015}}
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 {{convert|13|mi}} to Converse and west {{convert|4|mi|0}} to Galveston. Peru, the Miami county seat, is {{convert|13|mi}} to the north-northeast, while Kokomo is {{convert|7|mi|0}} to the south in Howard County.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Bennetts Switch CDP has an area of {{convert|0.40|sqmi|2}}, 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.
Demographics
The United States Census Bureau delineated Bennetts Switch as a census designated place in the 2022 American Community Survey.{{Cite web|title=2022 Geography Changes|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/technical-documentation/table-and-geography-changes/2022/geography-changes.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=}}
References
{{Miami County, Indiana}}
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Category:Census-designated places in Miami County, Indiana
Category:Census-designated places in Indiana
Category:Unincorporated communities in Miami County, Indiana
Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Category:1862 establishments in Indiana
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