Busseron, Indiana

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Busseron, Indiana
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Busseron
Coordinates: 38°50′08″N87°26′57″W / 38.83556°N 87.44917°W / 38.83556; -87.44917
Country United States
State Indiana
County Knox
Township Busseron
Elevation
466 ft (142 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (EST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47561
Area code 812
FIPS code 18-09496 [1]
GNIS feature ID431894 [2]

Busseron is an unincorporated community in Busseron Township, Knox County, Indiana, United States.

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Geography

Busseron is located at 38°50′08″N87°26′57″W / 38.83556°N 87.44917°W / 38.83556; -87.44917 .

History

Busseron was surveyed by George Calhoun in 1854. W. W. Harper, J. A. McClure and T. P. Emison were proprietors. It was a station on the Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad. In 1886, it was reported that Busseron was not so much a town and just simply a railroad station, although twenty lots each 100 feet square had been laid out. [3]

References

  1. "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. "Busseron, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved October 10, 2009.
  3. History of Knox and Daviess County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Goodspeed. 1886. pp.  272.