Center, Indiana

{{for|other places|Center, Warrick County, Indiana|Center Township, Marion County, Indiana}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement    |official_name = Center, Indiana |settlement_type = Unincorporated community and Census-designated place |motto =  |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Indiana#USA |pushpin_label = Center |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_mapsize =  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Indiana |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Howard |subdivision_type3 = Township |subdivision_name3 = Taylor  |established_title = |established_date =  |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 =  |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total =  |timezone = |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|40|26|12|N|86|03|34|W|region:US-IN|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |elevation_ft = 843 |founder = |named_for =  |postal_code_type = ZIP code |postal_code = 46902 |area_code = |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 18-11404<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 2830412<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2830412}}</ref> |website = |footnotes = }} '''Center''' (originally called '''Tampico'''<ref name="Timeline">{{cite web | url=http://chestnut.kokomo.lib.in.us/glhs/history/hocotwps.html | title=Howard County's Townships and Their Early Settlements and Towns | publisher=Kokomo-Howard County Public Library | accessdate=2 June 2014 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://archive.today/20131222124246/http://chestnut.kokomo.lib.in.us/glhs/history/hocotwps.html | archivedate=22 December 2013 }}</ref>) is an unincorporated community in Taylor Township, Howard County, Indiana, United States. Center is a suburb of Kokomo and is a part of the Kokomo, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.

==History== Center was laid out in 1852.<ref name="Timeline" /> It was originally named Tampico, after the Mexican port, but because there is another Tampico in Jackson County it was renamed Centre (later Center) for its central location in the county.<ref>{{cite news|title=A Look Back as We Move Forward |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/867261/history_of_howard_county_indiana/|newspaper=The Kokomo Tribune|date=March 28, 1999|page=58|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = August 16, 2014 }} {{Open access}}</ref>

== Education == Center is served by the Taylor Community Schools Corporation.[http://taylor.in.schoolwebpages.com/education/district/district.php?sectiondetailid=1] Taylor High School competes in the Hoosier Heartland Conference (HHC) for athletics.

==Demographics== The United States Census Bureau delineated Center as a census designated place in the 2022 American Community Survey.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2022 Geography Changes|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/technical-documentation/table-and-geography-changes/2022/geography-changes.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=}}</ref>

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Howard County, Indiana Category:Kokomo metropolitan area, Indiana Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana

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