Burney, Indiana

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Burney
Unincorporated community
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Burney
Coordinates: 39°19′02″N85°38′25″W / 39.31722°N 85.64028°W / 39.31722; -85.64028
Country United States
State Indiana
County Decatur
Township Clay
Elevation
830 ft (250 m)
ZIP code
47240
FIPS code 18-09334 [1]
GNIS feature ID431853 [2]

Burney is an unincorporated community in Clay Township, Decatur County, Indiana.

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History

Burney was laid out in 1882. [3] Burney was the name of a local family. [4] A post office was established at Burney in 1884, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1995. [5]

Geography

Burney is located at 39°19′02″N85°38′25″W / 39.31722°N 85.64028°W / 39.31722; -85.64028 .

Notable person

Leroy Edgar Burney, Surgeon General under Eisenhower, was born at Burney, Indiana. Burney is noted as the first to publicly establish a causal relationship between lung cancer and cigarette smoking.

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References

  1. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Burney, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved October 10, 2009.
  3. ↑ Harding, Lewis Albert (1915). History of Decatur County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. pp.  118.
  4. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  82. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. ...named for the Burney family...
  5. ↑ "Decatur County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 31, 2014.


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