Twelve Mile, Indiana

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official_name = Twelve Mile
settlement_type = Town
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subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Indiana
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Cass
subdivision_type3 = Township
subdivision_name3 = Adams
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latd = 40
latm = 51
lats = 59
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longd = 86
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longs = 31
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postal_code = 46988
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blank_info = 18-76886GR|2
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Twelve Mile is an unincorporated community in Adams Township, Cass County, Indiana. Its name comes either from Twelve Mile Creek or from its position approximately 12 miles from the cities of Logansport, Peru and Rochester. [Indiana Place Names. Baker, Ronald L. and Marvin Carmony. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN. 1975. p167] It was previously known as Hen Peck. [Baker, Ronald L., From Needmore to Prosperity Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1996, pp372. p328]

Geography

Twelve Mile is located at coor dms|40|51|59|N|86|13|31|W|city.

Demographics

The population of Twelve Mile in 2007 was 1,138, with 41 people per square mile. The median age is 39.3 with 63.52% of people in Twelve Mile being married and 9.74% divorced. The average household size is 2.53 people. Only 26.49% of inhabitants are married with children, while 5.88% have children but are single. 95.23% of people are white, 2.94% are black, 0.09% are Asian, 0.43% are Native American, and 0.43% claim "other". [http://www.bestplaces.net/zip-code/Twelve_Mile_IN-74698800010.aspx Twelve Mile, Indiana (IN) demographic resources - Sperling's BestPlaces ] ]

Festivals

The Twelve Mile Christmas Pageant has been held every December since 1970 in Plank-Hill Park. The pageant was started by Clifton Skinner, an employee at Bunker Hill Air Force Base (now Grissom Air Reserve Base), who based part of the pageant on a tradition among the base's airmen of placing Christmas-themed panels in front of their barracks. Twelve Mile is also home to the Twelve Mile 500 [http://www.twelvemile500.com Twelve Mile 500] , a riding lawnmower race held annually on Independence Day and begun in 1963.

References

External links

* [http://casscountyin.tripod.com/casstowns.htm#twelve Cass County: Twelve Mile]
* [http://www.twelvemile500.com Twelve Mile 500 Riding Lawnmower Race]