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Chili (Cheye-leye)[2] is an unincorporated community in Richland Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[3]

Chili, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Chili
Chili
Coordinates: 40°51′36″N 86°01′35″W
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyMiami
TownshipRichland
Elevation705 ft (215 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46970
GNIS feature ID432475

History


Chili, originally called New Market, was surveyed in 1839.[4] In 1886, the Peru and Detroit Railway was extended to Chili.[5]

A post office was established at Chili in 1843, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1961.[6]


Geography


Chili is located at 40°51′36″N 86°01′35″W, situated on the north bank of the Eel River.


References


  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
  2. Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3.
  3. "Chili, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
  4. History of Miami County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Brant & Fuller. 1887. pp. 768.
  5. 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. 185.
  6. "Miami County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 14, 2016.





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