Chase, Indiana

Chase
—  Unincorporated town  —
Grain elevators along the railroad in Chase.
Benton County's location in Indiana
Chase Location in Benton County
Coordinates: 40°31′08″N 87°20′30″W / 40.51889°N 87.34167°W / 40.51889; -87.34167Coordinates: 40°31′08″N 87°20′30″W / 40.51889°N 87.34167°W / 40.51889; -87.34167
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Benton
Township	Grant
Elevation	741 ft (226 m)
Population (2008)
– Total	10
ZIP code	47921
GNIS feature ID	432433[1]

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. A few miles away is the Kamp Motor Speedway.

History

The town of Chase was as a station on the Nickel 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.^[2]

Geography

Chase is located at 40°31′08″N 87°20′30″W / 40.51889°N 87.34167°W / 40.51889; -87.34167 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. ^ "Chase, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:432433. Retrieved 2009-10-10. 
2. ^ Birch, Jesse Setlington (1942) [1928]. "Towns of the County". History of Benton County and Historic Oxford. Oxford, Indiana: Craw & Craw. p. 201.