Willow Branch, Indiana

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Willow Branch, Indiana
Unincorporated community and Census-designated place
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Willow Branch
Coordinates: 39°52′34″N85°41′04″W / 39.87611°N 85.68444°W / 39.87611; -85.68444
Country United States
State Indiana
County Hancock
Township Brown
Elevation
[1]
938 ft (286 m)
ZIP code
46186
FIPS code 18-84482 [2]
GNIS feature ID2830403 [1]

Willow Branch is an unincorporated community in Brown Township, Hancock County, Indiana.

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History

The first store in Willow Branch was established in 1874. The community took its name from the stream upon which it is located, the Willow Branch creek. [3]

Willow Branch was platted as a town in 1882. [4]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2023 (est.)129 [5]

The United States Census Bureau defined Willow Branch as a census designated place in the 2022 American Community Survey. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Willow Branch, Indiana
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ Binford, John H. (1882). History of Hancock County, Indiana: From Its Earliest Settlement by the "pale Face," in 1818, Down to 1882. King & Binford. pp.  100.
  4. ↑ Richman, George J. (1916). History of Hancock County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions. Wm. Mitchell Printing Company. pp.  542.
  5. ↑ "B03002 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – Willow Branch CDP – 2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". U.S. Census Bureau. July 1, 2023. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  6. ↑ "2022 Geography Changes". United States Census Bureau.


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