| Hunter Switch, Indiana | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
  Hunter Switch  Hunter Switch | |
| Coordinates: 39°10′25″N86°34′25″W / 39.17361°N 86.57361°W Coordinates: 39°10′25″N86°34′25″W / 39.17361°N 86.57361°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Monroe |
| Township | Richland |
| Elevation [1] | 889 ft (271 m) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 47404 |
| Area code(s) | 812, 930 |
| GNIS feature ID | 436628 |
Hunter Switch is an unincorporated community in Richland Township, Monroe 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.
Richland Township is one of eleven townships in Monroe County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 14,343 and it contained 6,066 housing units.
Monroe County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana, and determined by the U.S. Census Bureau to include the mean center of U.S. population. The population was 137,974 at the 2010 census. The county seat is Bloomington.
