Plymouth

History

This area was part of the territory of the Potawatomi Native Americans, one of the historical tribes encountered by American settlers. In the nineteenth century, the United States government made numerous treaties to buy and extinguish Native American claims to land in the former Northwest Territory and the Southeast. Marshall County was formed in 1836, during the early years of settlement and before the forced removal of the Potawatomi people in 1838. It was named for U.S. Chief Justice John Marshall, who died in 1835. Marshall County is notable as the starting point in 1838 of the Potawatomi Trail of Death, which was the forced removal by United States forces of Chief Menominee and 859 Potawatomi Indians from Indiana to Indian Territory, at the site of present-day Osawatomie, Kansas, a distance of . The first settlers arrived in what is now Marshall County in 1835. They arrived as a result of the end of the Black Hawk War as well as the completion of the Erie Canal. They consisted primarily of settlers from New England, "Yankees" descended from the English Puritans who settled New England in the colonial era. They were mainly members of the Congregational church, although due to the Second Great Awakening many of them had converted to Methodism and some had become Baptists before coming to what is now Marshall County. As a result of this heritage, some place names in Marshall County are named after places in New England, such as Plymouth, which is named after Plymouth, Massachusetts, the site where the Mayflower landed in 1620. Plymouth, located near the center of Marshall County, was established on both banks of the Yellow River, a stream flowing from northeast to southwest across the county. In 1836, a dam and sawmill were constructed on the river. Many of the…

Geography

Plymouth, Indiana is located at (41.343894, -86.312544), along the Yellow River. According to the 2010 census, Plymouth has a total area of , of which (or 99.47%) is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1 km2) (or 0.53%) is water.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• Plymouth High School
  High · Plymouth · 1,078 students · 15.9:1 ratio
• LaVille Elementary School
  Elementary · Lakeville · 654 students · 14.2:1 ratio
• Lincoln Junior High School
  Middle · Plymouth · 510 students · 13.4:1 ratio
• Riverside Intermediate
  Middle · Plymouth · 474 students · 16.3:1 ratio
• Argos Community Elementary
  Elementary · Argos · 358 students · 14.9:1 ratio
• Menominee Elementary School
  Elementary · Plymouth · 347 students · 18.3:1 ratio
• Webster Elementary School
  Elementary · Plymouth · 338 students · 16.9:1 ratio
• Argos Comm Jr-Sr High School
  High · Argos · 331 students · 13.2:1 ratio