Chase, Indiana

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|image_caption = Grain elevators along the railroad in Chase.

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|subdivision_name2 = Benton

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|subdivision_name3 = Grant

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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|coordinates = {{coord|40|31|08|N|87|20|30|W|region:US-IN|display=inline,title}}

|elevation_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=2007-10-25}}

|elevation_ft = 745

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|named_for = Simon P. Chase

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|postal_code = 47921

|area_code = 765

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Chase is an unincorporated community in Grant Township, Benton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.{{cite web | url = {{GNIS3|432433}} | title = Chase, Indiana | work = Geographic Names Information System | publisher = United States Geological Survey | accessdate = February 29, 2020}} Though virtually extinct, Chase still persists on state and county maps and retains a single business in the form of grain elevators operated by Boswell Chase Grain, Inc. A few miles away is the Daughtery Motor Speedway.

History

A post office was established at Chase in 1873, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1918.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Benton |title=Benton County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=26 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903094530/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Benton |archivedate=3 September 2014 }} The community was named for Simon P. Chase.{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/n110 93]|quote=The village was named for a local landowner, Simon P. Chase.}}

Geography

Chase is located at {{coord|40|31|08|N|87|20|30|W|type:city}} in Grant Township, and sits on a low rise surrounded on the north, south and west by Mud Pine Creek. Indiana State Road 352 and the Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad both go west through the town.

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