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Doyle, Indiana

Coordinates: 40°48′29″N 86°04′27″W / 40.80806°N 86.07417°W / 40.80806; -86.07417
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Doyle, Indiana
Doyle is located in Indiana
Doyle
Doyle
Doyle is located in the United States
Doyle
Doyle
Coordinates: 40°48′29″N 86°04′27″W / 40.80806°N 86.07417°W / 40.80806; -86.07417
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyMiami
TownshipJefferson
Elevation787 ft (240 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46970
FIPS code18-18637[2]
GNIS feature ID433678[1]

Doyle is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1]

History

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Doyle had its start as a siding on the Lake Erie and Western Railroad.[3] The community was named after the Doyle family of settlers.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Doyle, Indiana
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ 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. 190.
  4. ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. ...and was named for a local family.