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Otterbein, IN - History
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Welcome to the Otterbein Home page. The Otterbein Home page provides as much information as possible on Otterbein. Knowing Otterbein’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Otterbein’s Home page, you will also find Otterbein’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Otterbein has a population of 1023. 49.3% of Otterbein’s inhabitants are Male, and 50.7 are female. 50.5% of Otterbein is married and 65.1% own their own home. The Average Home price is $94,606, and the average rent is $747. Household median income in Otterbein is $51,250, and the individual median income is $27,292. Otterbein’s Ethnic is the following: White(96.3%), Hispanic(9.6%), Multiple(3.4%), Native(0.3%).
Originally a site known as Pond Grove, Otterbein's first 60 lots were laid out by John Levering and his wife on October 25, 1872, with an addition by Mary A. Clancey on April 24, 1883. The first home was built by Dr. John K. Thompson and the first business, a general store, by Henry H. Moore. William Otterbein Brown, the farmer and stock-dealer for whom the town was named, held the office of postmaster until his death on February 18, 1879.
Otterbein High School ran from 1910 to 1966, when the consolidated Benton Community School Corporation came into existence. The gym and most of the building burned in a fire in 1975. As of 2018, Otterbein has two churches, Catholic and United Methodist, and a public library.At one time, two sets of Nickel Plate Railroad tracks ran through the town.
One set of tracks has since been removed, and the other is used by Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad. Since the end of 2008, the railroad right-of-way has been used for the placement of poles that carry electric power from the wind turbines in western Benton County to the substation at Montmorenci. Haan Crafts, the Frontier Machine Company, and the Kerkhoff Truss Plant were the initial occupants in the industrial park at the east edge of town, which is actually in Tippecanoe County.
The Otterbein post office has been in operation since 1872.
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