Tyner, Indiana

Tyner was originally called "Tyner City", and under the latter name was platted in 1855. It was named for one of its founders, Thomas Tyner.^[4] The post office was called "Tyner City" from 1856 until 1894, when it was renamed Tyner.^[5]

Tyner is located in northwestern Marshall County at 41°24′35″N 86°24′09″W. Several of the streets of Tyner are named after the main thoroughfares in Cincinnati.^[6] Tyner is 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Plymouth, the county seat, and the same distance southeast of Walkerton.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Tyner CDP has an area of 0.40 square miles (1.04 km²), of which 0.001 square miles (0.003 km²), or 0.02%, are water.^[1] The community drains northwest toward tributaries of Pine Creek, which continues northwest to the Kankakee River beyond Walkerton.

The United States Census Bureau defined Tyner as a census designated place in the 2022 American Community Survey.^[8]

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