Burrows, Indiana
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|population_total = 125
|timezone = EST
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|postal_code = 46916
|area_code = 574
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|blank_info = 18-09460{{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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Burrows is an unincorporated community in Liberty Township, Carroll County, Indiana, United States. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
The Burrows post office was originally called Cornucopia.{{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/n98 83]|quote=A post office called Cornucopia was established here...}} The post office opened at Burrows (Cornucopia) in 1853.{{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}}
Geography
Burrows is located along Indiana State Road 25 and the Norfolk Southern Railway.
Demographics
{{US Census population
|align=left|2020= 125
|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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Burrows 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
{{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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