Hayden, Indiana
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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Hayden, Indiana
|settlement_type = Census-designated place
|image_skyline = Hayden Cemetery, Hayden, IN.jpg
|image_caption = Hayden Cemetery
|pushpin_map = Indiana#USA
|pushpin_label = Hayden
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = Indiana
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Jennings
|subdivision_type3 = Township
|subdivision_name3 = Spencer
|coordinates = {{coord|38|58|17|N|85|44|20|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|population_as_of = 2020
|population_total = 501
|area_total_km2 = 6.41
|area_land_km2 = 6.41
|area_water_km2 = 0.00
|population_density_km2 = 78.18
|elevation_ft = 604
|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code = 47245
|blank_name = GNIS feature ID
|blank_info = 2587019{{GNIS|2587019}}
|blank1_name = FIPS code
|blank1_info = 18-32584
|image_map = File:Jennings County Indiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Hayden Highlighted 1832584.svg
|map_caption = Location of Hayden in Jennings County, Indiana
|unit_pref = Imperial
|area_total_sq_mi = 2.47
|area_land_sq_mi = 2.47
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00
|population_density_sq_mi = 202.51
}}
Hayden (also Hardenburgh or Six Mile) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in central Spencer Township, Jennings County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 501.{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=hayden,%20indiana&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1 |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=data.census.gov}}
Geography
It lies along CR700W, west 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}}. U.S. Route 50 passes through the CDP south of the village center; the highway leads northeast {{convert|
7|mi|0}} to North Vernon and west {{convert|8|mi|0}} to Seymour.
The Hayden post office has the ZIP code of 47245.[http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=47245 Zip Code Lookup]
Demographics
{{US Census population
|align=left|2020= 501
|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}}
}}
As of the 2020 census, Hayden had a population of 501. Of those residents, 459 were white, three were Black, four were Native American or Alaskan Native, two were of some other race, and 33 were of two or more races.
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History
Hayden was platted in 1854.{{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/n177 160]|quote=This village was platted in 1854.}}
Notable people
- Cliff Daringer, Federal League baseball player{{Cite book |first=Pete |last=Cava |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/946542327 |title=Indiana-Born Major League Baseball Players a Biographical Dictionary, 1871-2014. |date=2015 |publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |isbn=978-1-4766-2270-5 |oclc=946542327}}
- Rolla Daringer, Major League Baseball player{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qHjs5nrluAAC&dq |title=Jennings Co, in - Pictorial |date=1999-06-15 |publisher=Turner Publishing Company |isbn=978-1-56311-521-9 |language=en}}
- Mike Simon, Major League Baseball player
- Edgar Whitcomb, former governor of Indiana and author{{Cite news |last=Davies |first=Tom |date=2016-02-08 |title=Edgar Whitcomb, Indiana governor with late-life wanderlust, dies at 98 |language=en-US |work=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/edgar-whitcomb-indiana-governor-with-late-life-wanderlust-dies-at-98/2016/02/08/2f28b4f0-ce9d-11e5-abc9-ea152f0b9561_story.html |access-date=2022-06-17 |issn=0190-8286}}
Climate
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Hayden has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=534621&cityname=Hayden%2C+Indiana%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Hayden, Indiana]
References
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{{Jennings County, Indiana}}
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Category:Census-designated places in Jennings County, Indiana
Category:Census-designated places in Indiana
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