Twelve Mile is an

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in Adams Township, Cass County,

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. Its name is sometimes said to come from its location that is approximately from the cities of Logansport,

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and Rochester, but this is an old wives' tale. The town was located on the twelve-mile marker of the railroad that the town grew around. The eastern portion of the town was formerly known as Hen Peck; but as the two small towns grew they became one town that was referred to as Twelve Mile.

Festivals

The Twelve Mile Christmas Pageant has been held every December since 1970 in Plank-Hill Park. The pageant was started by Clifton Skinner, an employee at Bunker Hill Air Force Base (now

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), who based part of the pageant on a tradition among the base's airmen of placing Christmas-themed panels in front of their barracks. Twelve Mile is home to the Twelve Mile 500Twelve Mile 500
/ref> , a riding lawnmower race held annually on Independence Day and begun in 1963.

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Twelve Mile 500 Riding Lawnmower Race
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