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Stam To Get What Mellencamp Didn't

Miss America Winner Gets Street Named In Her Honor

POSTED: 4:05 pm EST March 7, 2010

UPDATED: 4:56 pm EST March 7, 2010

BROWNSTOWN, Ind. -- A former Miss America is going to get what rocker John Mellencamp didn't: a street named for her in her hometown.

The Jackson County Board of Commissioners has voted to name County Road 400 East "Katie Stam Road" in honor of Indiana's first Miss America.

Slideshow: Stam Takes Home Miss America Crown
Slideshow: Stam Returns To Indiana

Commissioner John Schafstall said the road's legal name will remain unchanged but that additional signs with the new name honoring Stam, a communications major at the University of Indianapolis, will be installed.

Stam's family lives on the road. She finished her reign in January.

A similar idea to rename part of Community Drive in Seymour in honor of Mellencamp when he was enshrined at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2008 never advanced.

Previous Stories:

July 27, 2009: Miss America Stam Comes Home For County Fair
March 9, 2009: Miss America Continues Whirlwind Indiana Tour
March 4, 2009: Hometown Parade Marks Miss America's Return To Indiana
March 4, 2009: Stam Back Home In Indiana
February 19, 2009: Miss America Headed Home To Indiana
January 26, 2009: Hoosier Always Dreamed Of Becoming Miss America
January 25, 2009: Hoosier Takes Home Miss America Crown

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