Butlerville, Indiana

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Butlerville, Indiana
Census-designated place
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The abandoned Butlerville High School
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Location of Butlerville in Jennings County, Indiana
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Coordinates: 39°01′57″N85°30′47″W / 39.03250°N 85.51306°W / 39.03250; -85.51306 [1]
Country United States
State Indiana
County Jennings
Township Campbell
Area
[2]
 • Total
0.37 sq mi (0.97 km2)
 • Land0.37 sq mi (0.97 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[1]
807 ft (246 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
300
 • Density804.29/sq mi (310.76/km2)
ZIP code
47223
GNIS feature ID2587013 [1]
FIPS code 18-09622

Butlerville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in central Campbell Township, Jennings County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 282. [3]

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History

The Butlerville post office was established in 1851. [4] An early settler being a former resident of Butlerville, Ohio, caused the name to be selected. [5] Butlerville was legally platted in 1853. [6]

Hannah Milhous Nixon, mother of President Richard Nixon, was born near Butlerville.

The community was home to Butlerville High School, home of the Bulldogs; which graduated classes from ~1910 thru 1950. Today, the community is serviced by Jennings County High School.

Geography

Butlerville lies along U.S. Route 50, 7 miles (11 km) east-northeast of the town of Vernon, the county seat of Jennings County. [7]

Although Butlerville is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 47223. [8]

The community is bordered to the west by Southeast Purdue Agricultural Center.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020 300—
U.S. Decennial Census [9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Butlerville, Indiana
  2. ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Butlerville CDP, Indiana". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Jennings County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
  5. ↑ Jennings Co. Historical Society (1999). Jennings Co., Indiana - Pictorial. Turner Publishing Company. p. 37. ISBN   9781563115219.
  6. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  84. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. ...was platted on July 27, 1853.
  7. ↑ DeLorme. Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer. 3rd ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 52. ISBN   0-89933-319-2.
  8. ↑ Zip Code Lookup
  9. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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