Home Place is a neighborhood within the city of

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, in the

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. It was previously an

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of in

Clay Township, Hamilton County, Indiana Clay Township is one of nine townships in Hamilton County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 83,293 and it contained 32,375 housing units. Since the annexation of Home Place, Indiana, Carmel is now completely co ...

, that had resisted annexation attempts by Carmel since 2004. However, in June 2016, a special judge ruled that residents of Home Place had failed to meet all the requirements to prevent the annexation, and that Carmel could move forward with the annexation. After that decision was upheld by the

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in October 2017, representatives of the Home Place residents reached an agreement with city leaders. On March 1, 2018, Carmel completed the annexation of the Home Place community.

History

Home Place was laid out in 1914 along the Union Traction

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line between

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and points north. Although officially annexed by Carmel in 2018, the neighborhood retained its historical Indianapolis postal code. Mail is delivered by the

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post office, in neighboring

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References

Populated places in Hamilton County, Indiana {{HamiltonCountyIN-geo-stub