Wawpecong,_Indiana

Wawpecong, Indiana

Wawpecong, Indiana

Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States

Wawpecong is an unincorporated community in Clay Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1]

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History

Wawpecong (historically spelled Waupecong) was platted in 1849.[3] Wawpecong is a name derived from the Miami-Illinois language meaning "shell-bark hickories".[4] A post office was established at Wawpecong in 1849, and remained in operation until 1907.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wawpecong, Indiana
  2. [2]
    "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. [3]
    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. 202.
  4. [4]
    Bright, William (2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 558. ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4.
  5. [5]
    "Miami County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 22, 2015.


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