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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
- ^ History of Miami County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Brant & Fuller. 1887. p. 770.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Miami County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
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