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The Old Silk Stocking Neighborhood is the historic district near downtown Kokomo, Indiana, and the Westside Business District. In 1886, natural gas was discovered in north central Indiana. The area exploded with people, who then developed the neighborhood.
In the 1947 film Mother Wore Tights, Betty Grable and Dan Dailey sing a song entitled "Kokomo, Indiana". [141] Kokomo is the setting of Allan Dwan's nostalgic 1953 musical Sweethearts on Parade. [142] [143] "First Snow in Kokomo" is a track on Aretha Franklin's album Young, Gifted and Black. Franklin's domestic partner Ken Cunningham was born ...
The Kokomo Tribune can trace its history back to October 1850, when the weekly Howard Tribune was founded in Kokomo to cover Howard County, Indiana.T.C. Philips (owner, 1856–1878) was credited with raising the paper's quality and rebuilding it after an 1862 tornado.
He was the co-owner of Cone Palace, owner and partner in several local funeral homes, a county councilman, a Russiaville firefighter and served as the county coroner from 1991-2000. More than ...
Indian Heights is a neighborhood in Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana, United States. Indian Heights was a census-designated place (CDP) also before its annexation into Kokomo. The population was 3,011 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Kokomo, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. On January 1, 2012, the neighborhood of Indian Heights was ...
The Seiberling Mansion is a historic house located at Kokomo, Indiana, United States.In 1887, Monroe Seiberling of Akron, Ohio, traveled to Kokomo to open the Kokomo Strawboard Company, which would make shoe boxes out of straw and employ seventy-five people.
Shirley is a town in Brown Township, Hancock County and Greensboro Township, Henry County, Indiana, United States. The population was 819 at the 2020 census. The population was 819 at the 2020 census.
Kokomo Courthouse Square Historic District is a national historic district located at Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana.The district includes 60 contributing buildings, 1 contributing structure, and 1 contributing object in the central business district of Kokomo.