Editing Mexico, Indiana

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|official_name            = Mexico, Indiana
|settlement_type          = [[Census-designated place]]
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|subdivision_name1        = [[Indiana]]
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|subdivision_name2        = [[Miami County, Indiana|Miami]]
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|subdivision_name3        = [[Jefferson Township, Miami County, Indiana|Jefferson]]
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|postal_code              = 46958
|area_code                = [[Area code 765|765]]
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'''Mexico''' is an [[unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Jefferson Township, Miami County, Indiana|Jefferson Township]], [[Miami County, Indiana|Miami County]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Indiana]].<ref name=gnis/> The population was 915 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020"/>

==History==
Mexico was [[plat]]ted in 1834.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_GETWAAAAMAAJ | title=History of Miami County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present | publisher=Brant & Fuller | year=1887 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_GETWAAAAMAAJ/page/n634 670]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historyofmiamico01bodu | title=History of Miami County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests | publisher=Lewis Pub. | author=Bodurtha, Arthur Lawrence | year=1914 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofmiamico01bodu/page/195 195]}}</ref> The community's name probably commemorates the [[Mexican War of Independence]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/217 217]|quote=...apparently because of sympathy for the Mexican struggle for independence.}}</ref> Mexico was established along an Indian trail bordering the [[Eel River (Wabash River tributary)|Eel River]]. This trail became the Michigan Road, the first road in Miami County. Sitting along the Michigan Road was the River House Inn, owned by the parents of Indiana poet Dulciana Minerva Mason, which was at the time the only stopping point between [[Indianapolis]] and [[Michigan City, Indiana|Michigan City]]. The post office at Mexico has been in operation since 1837.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Miami&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Miami County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=22 August 2015}}</ref>

==Geography==
Mexico is located northwest of the center of Miami County. The center of the community is {{convert|0.7|mi|1}} east of [[U.S. Route 31]], which forms the western border of the CDP. US 31 leads north {{convert|18|mi}} to [[Rochester, Indiana|Rochester]] and south {{convert|23|mi}} to [[Kokomo, Indiana|Kokomo]]. [[Peru, Indiana|Peru]], the Miami [[county seat]], is {{convert|5|mi|0}} to the southeast via North Mexico Road.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the Mexico CDP has a total area of {{convert|5.56|sqmi|2}}, of which {{convert|0.07|sqmi|2}}, or 1.28%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/> The [[Eel River (Wabash River tributary)|Eel River]] runs through the CDP, east and south of the town center; it continues southwest to the [[Wabash River]] at [[Logansport, Indiana|Logansport]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1990= 1003
|2000= 984
|2010= 836
|2020= 915
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 984 people, 402 households, and 297 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|179.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 416 housing units at an average density of {{convert|75.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.27% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.30% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.71% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.10% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], and 0.61% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.51% of the population.

There were 402 households, out of which 29.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.1% were non-families. 22.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.86.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 21.1% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 28.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.5 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $49,234, and the median income for a family was $55,776. Males had a median income of $37,778 versus $26,389 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $19,150. About 2.9% of families and 5.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including none of those under the age of eighteen or sixty-five or over.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.miamicountyin.gov/624/Mexico Miami County page on Mexico]

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Miami County, Indiana]]
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