Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States
Courter, Indiana | |
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Unincorporated community | |
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Coordinates: 40°50′13″N 86°03′47″W / 40.83694°N 86.06306°W / 40.83694; -86.06306 | |
Country | United States |
State | Indiana |
County | Miami |
Township | Jefferson |
Elevation | 745 ft (227 m) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 46970 |
FIPS code | 18-15436 |
GNIS feature ID | 433045 |
Courter is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
History
Courter was platted in 1869 by R. F. Donaldson. The community was named after the Courter family of settlers.
Courter had a depot on the Lake Erie and Western Railroad. At one time, the town contained a general store, a blacksmith shop, and a public school. A post office was established at Courter in 1869, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1896.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Courter, Indiana
- "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- History of Miami County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Brant & Fuller. 1887. pp. 681.
- Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3.
...named Courter, for a local family...
- 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. 188.
- "Miami County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
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