Butlerville, Indiana

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Butlerville, Indiana

|settlement_type = Census-designated place

|image_skyline = Butlerville, Indiana.jpg

|imagesize = 290px

|image_caption = The abandoned Butlerville High School

|pushpin_map = Indiana#USA

|pushpin_label = Butlerville

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = Indiana

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Jennings

|subdivision_type3 = Township

|subdivision_name3 = Campbell

|coordinates = {{coord|39|01|57|N|85|30|47|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}

|area_total_km2 = 0.97

|area_land_km2 = 0.97

|area_water_km2 = 0.00

|population_total = 300

|population_as_of = 2020

|population_density_km2 = 310.76

|elevation_footnotes =

|elevation_ft = 807

|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 47223

|blank_name = GNIS feature ID

|blank_info = 2587013{{GNIS|2587013}}

|blank1_name = FIPS code

|blank1_info = 18-09622

|image_map = File:Jennings County Indiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Butlerville Highlighted 1809622.svg

|map_caption = Location of Butlerville in Jennings County, Indiana

|population_footnotes =

|unit_pref = Imperial

|area_footnotes = {{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_18.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 16, 2022}}

|area_total_sq_mi = 0.37

|area_land_sq_mi = 0.37

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00

|population_density_sq_mi = 804.29

}}

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.{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1809622| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Butlerville CDP, Indiana| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=May 18, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213105543/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1809622| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}

History

The Butlerville post office was established in 1851.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Jennings | title=Jennings County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=9 November 2014}} An early settler being a former resident of Butlerville, Ohio, caused the name to be selected.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qHjs5nrluAAC&pg=PA37 | title=Jennings Co., Indiana - Pictorial | publisher=Turner Publishing Company | author=Jennings Co. Historical Society | year=1999 | pages=37| isbn=9781563115219 }} Butlerville was legally platted in 1853.{{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/84 84]|quote=...was platted on July 27, 1853.}}

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, {{convert|7|mi|0}} east-northeast of the town of Vernon, the county seat of Jennings County.DeLorme. Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer. 3rd ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 52. {{ISBN|0-89933-319-2}}.

Although Butlerville is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 47223.[http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=47223 Zip Code Lookup]

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

Demographics

{{US Census population

|align=left|2020= 300

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}

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References

External links

[https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofin761966indi/proceedingsofin761966indi_djvu.txt Amos Butler sterilized prisoners and the handicapped at nearby mental hospital.]

Category:Census-designated places in Jennings County, Indiana

Category:Census-designated places in Indiana