Bippus, Indiana

Bippus is an unincorporated community in Warren Township, Huntington County, Indiana, United States.

Bippus, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Bippus
Bippus
Coordinates: 40°56′39″N 85°37′26″W
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyHuntington
TownshipWarren
Elevation
850 ft (260 m)
ZIP code
46750
FIPS code18-05338[1]
GNIS feature ID431097[2]

History

Bippus was laid out and platted in 1885, although a settlement had existed there for sometime prior. It was named for George Jacob Bippus, who was instrumental in bringing the railroad to the site.[3]

Notable people

Bippus is the hometown of sportscaster Chris Schenkel.[4]

gollark: What I mean is that people really like having money, and so there are lots of professionals working on doing trading to attain money.
gollark: Oops, that was accidentally quite insulting.
gollark: If it was actually a good and financially sound idea to run that sort of simple strategy, then presumably the many smart and competent people with more money looking at markets would do that, and thus eliminate any easy strategy available to people like you.
gollark: What of the "efficient market hypothesis"?
gollark: I'm glad you can so accurately predict complex market trends and many people's behaviour by thinking about it slightly.

References
  1. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. "Bippus, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
  3. Bash, Frank Sumner (1914). History of Huntington County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and Its Principal Interests. The Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 153.
  4. Wilson, Earl (Nov 27, 1969). "Small Towns Have Produced Many Big Stars". The Milwaukee Sentinel. pp. A33. Retrieved 22 May 2015.



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