| East Shelburn, Indiana | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
 Sullivan County's location in Indiana | |
  East Shelburn Location in Sullivan County, Indiana | |
| Coordinates: 39°10′28″N87°22′47″W / 39.17444°N 87.37972°W Coordinates: 39°10′28″N87°22′47″W / 39.17444°N 87.37972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Sullivan |
| Township | Curry |
| Elevation [1] | 525 ft (160 m) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 47879 |
| Area code(s) | 812, 930 |
| GNIS feature ID | 433928 |
East Shelburn is an unincorporated community in southern Curry Township, Sullivan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [2]
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.
Curry Township is one of nine townships in Sullivan County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,559 and it contained 1,643 housing units.
Sullivan County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana, and determined by the U.S. Census Bureau to include the mean center of U.S. population in 1940. As of 2010, the population was 21,475. The county seat is Sullivan.
The community is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Terre Haute is a city in and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, near the state's western border with Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 60,785 and its metropolitan area had a population of 170,943.
The Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area, also known as the Wabash Valley, is the 227th largest Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in the United States. centering on the city of Terre Haute, it was originally formed by the United States Census Bureau in 1950 and consisted of Vigo County. As surrounding counties saw an increase in their population densities and the number of their residents employed within Vigo County, they met Census criteria to be added to the MSA. Four Indiana counties are now a part of this MSA.
