Chase, Indiana

Chase
Grain elevators along the railroad in Chase.
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Coordinates: 40°31′08″N 87°20′30″W / 40.51889, -87.34167
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Benton
Township	Grant
Elevation GR3	741 ft (226 m)
ZIP code	47921
GNIS feature ID	432433

Chase is an unincorporated town in Grant Township, Benton County, Indiana, United States. Though virtually extinct, Chase still persists on state and county maps and retains a single business in the form of grain elevators operated by Boswell Chase Grain, Inc.

History

The town of Chase was as a station on the Nickle Plate railway and was named after Hiram W. Chase of Lafayette, one of the promoters of the Lafayette, Muncie and Bloomington Railroad. In the early 20th century it consisted of two grain elevators, a general store and five or six dwellings.^[1]

Geography

Chase is located at 40°31′08″N, 87°20′30″W in Grant Township, and sits on a low rise surrounded on the north, south and west by Mud Pine Creek. Indiana State Road 352 and the Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad both go west through the town.

References

1. ^ Birch, Jesse Setlington [1928] (1942). "Towns of the County", History of Benton County and Historic Oxford. Oxford, Indiana: Craw & Craw, p. 201. 

•  • e Municipalities and communities of Benton County, Indiana
County seat: Fowler
Cities and towns	Ambia | Boswell | Earl Park | Fowler | Otterbein | Oxford
Townships	Bolivar | Center | Gilboa | Grant | Hickory Grove | Oak Grove | Parish Grove | Pine | Richland | Union | York
Unincorporated communities	Atkinson | Barce | Chase | Dunn | Dunnington | Free | Freeland Park | Handy | Lochiel | Raub | Swanington | Talbot | Templeton | Wadena