Owensburg, Indiana
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|official_name = Owensburg, Indiana
|settlement_type = Census-designated place
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|map_caption = Location of Owensburg in Greene County, Indiana.
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = Indiana
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Greene
|subdivision_type3 = Township
|subdivision_name3 = Jackson
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|area_total_km2 = 15.35
|area_land_km2 = 15.33
|area_water_km2 = 0.02
|area_total_sq_mi = 5.93
|area_land_sq_mi = 5.92
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.01
|population_density_sq_mi = 67.91
|population_as_of = 2020
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|population_total = 402
|population_density_km2 = 26.22
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|elevation_ft = 643
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|postal_code = 47453
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|blank_info = 18-57510{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}
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|blank1_info = 2583463{{GNIS|2583463}}
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Owensburg is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jackson Township, Greene County, Indiana, United States. It was named in honor of the Owens family of early settlers.{{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/n271 254]| quote=...named for the local Owens family.}} As of the 2010 census it had a population of 406.{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1857510| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Owensburg CDP, Indiana| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=December 5, 2016}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Geography
Owensburg is located in southeastern Greene County. The southern border of the CDP follows the Martin County line, and the western edge of the CDP follows Indiana State Road 45. State Road 58 passes through the center of Owensburg, leading east {{convert|17|mi}} to Bedford and west with State Road 45 {{convert|11|mi}} to Interstate 69 and U.S. Route 231 near Scotland. State Road 45 leads north from Owensburg {{convert|4|mi|0}} to Interstate 69 and {{convert|25|mi}} to Bloomington.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Owensburg CDP has a total area of {{convert|15.4|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.02|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 0.13%, is water. The center of Owensburg is in the valley of Town Branch, which flows east to Indian Creek, a tributary of East Fork of the White River and part of the Wabash River watershed.
Demographics
{{US Census population
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|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|access-date=June 4, 2016}}
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References
{{Greene County, Indiana}}
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Category:Census-designated places in Greene County, Indiana
Category:Census-designated places in Indiana
Category:Bloomington metropolitan area, Indiana
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