Paw Paw, Indiana

Ghost town in Indiana, United States
40°52′55″N 85°57′45″W / 40.88194°N 85.96250°W / 40.88194; -85.96250CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyMiamiTownshipRichlandTime zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code
46926

Paw Paw was a community in Richland Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History

Paw Paw was platted in 1847.[1] When the Eel River Railroad was built in Miami County, it was not extended to Paw Paw, and the village became a ghost town.[2]

A post office was established at Paw Paw in 1840, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1883.[3]

References

  1. ^ History of Miami County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Brant & Fuller. 1887. p. 770.
  2. ^ Bodurtha , Arthur Lawrence (1914). History of Miami County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Pub. p. 197.
  3. ^ "Miami County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
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