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Kokomo , city (1990 pop. 44,962), seat of Howard co., N central Ind., on Wildcat Creek; inc. 1865. Glass, motor vehicle parts, metal products, plastics, food and beverages, and plumbing fixtures are made in the city. The first commercially built automobile was developed and tested in Kokomo in 1894 by Elwood Haynes. Of interest is the Elwood Haynes Museum. Indiana Univ. has a campus at Kokomo.

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Kokomo, Indiana/USA Laid out in 1844 and named after a Miami chief whose name meant ‘Black Walnut’.

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	Kokomo.(strong economic outlook for 2001)(Statistical Data Included) Magazine article from: Indiana Business Review; 12/22/2000; ; 700+ words ; Kokomo is experiencing its longest period of economic...Recently, Industry Week magazine stated that Kokomo is among the top 15 manufacturing centers...Labor's Bureau of Economic Analysis, Kokomo's average salary ranks among the top 15...
	Kokomo: the "City of Firsts" is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year.(REGIONAL REPORT NORTH CENTRAL) Magazine article from: Indiana Business Magazine; 8/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; KOKOMO, THE "CITY OF Firsts," is celebrating its 150th anniversary...push-button car radio are just a few inventions that demonstrate Kokomo's innovation. But Kokomo is not a city to rest on its laurels. In 2004 Expansion Management...
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	Kokomo not a terribly funny place. (Eye On the Pie). Magazine article from: Indianapolis Business Journal; 11/25/2002; ; 700+ words ; Unfortunately, Kokomo falls in that class of cities with "funny...other-hero of mythical proportions. Kokomo is more like Walla Walla, Cucamonga and...among the places of Indiana. Although Kokomo boosters would like to use the name...
	KOKOMO OUSTS VALPO Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 3/1/1992; 700+ words ; ...colliding with Tiffany Longworth, who led Kokomo with 21 points. (Larry A. Bretts...Jamie Anselm (25) drives against Kokomo's Cari Stover. (Larry A. Bretts/staff photographer) Jessica Ruch of Kokomo watches Lisa Furlin pull in a rebound...
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