Merriam, Indiana

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|area_code = 260

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Merriam is an unincorporated community in Noble Township, Noble County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History

A post office was established at Merriam in 1853, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1907.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Noble&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Noble County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=13 September 2015}} According to Ronald L. Baker, the name may honor Mason M. Merriam or a member of his family.{{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/216 216]|quote=The name probably is for a local family, as Mason M. Merriam...}} Mason M. Merriam operated a local store in the 1840s.{{cite book|title=Counties of LaGrange and Noble, Indiana: Historical and Biographical|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AVM0AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA272|year=1882|publisher=F.A. Battey & Company|page=272}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Noble County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana