Missisinewa

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE · INDIANA

A historical populated place in Miami County, Indiana, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name: Missisinewa
Feature Type: Populated Place (historical)
State: Indiana
County: Miami County
USGS Map: Peru
Coordinates: 40.7505979, -86.0083243
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GNIS Feature ID: 452236

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

GNIS description

Approximate location.

GNIS historical note

Missisinewa is shown as an Indian village on H.S. Tanner's 1831 pocket map of Indiana (IN-M104).

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 452236. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

Map Indianapolis Street Map. Florence, Kentucky: Engels Maps, 2002.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.