Bringhurst, Indiana
{{other uses|Bringhurst (disambiguation)}}
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|postal_code = 46913
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|blank_info = 18-07714{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}
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Bringhurst is an unincorporated community in Monroe Township, Carroll County, Indiana, United States. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
The Bringhurst post office was established in 1872.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Carroll | title=Carroll County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=28 August 2014 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903095320/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Carroll | archivedate=3 September 2014 }} Bringhurst was named for Colonel Bringhurst.{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/n91 76]|quote=...received its present name for Colonel Bringhurst of Logansport.}}
Geography
Bringhurst is located less than a mile south of the larger community of Flora along the Winamac Southern Railway. Indiana State Road 75 runs north and south along the town's west side.
Demographics
{{US Census population
|align=left|2020= 215
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}
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Bringhurst first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. Census.{{Cite web|title=2020 Geography Changes|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/technical-documentation/table-and-geography-changes/2020/geography-changes.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=}}
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References
External links
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{{Carroll County, Indiana}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Carroll County, Indiana
Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Category:Lafayette metropolitan area, Indiana
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