Raglesville, Indiana
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|settlement_type = Census-designated place
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|subdivision_name1 = Indiana
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Daviess
|subdivision_type3 = Township
|subdivision_name3 = Van Buren
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|area_total_km2 = 2.22
|area_land_km2 = 2.21
|area_water_km2 = 0.01
|population_as_of = 2020
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|population_total = 115
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|elevation_ft = 600
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|postal_code = 47562
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|blank_info = 18-62712{{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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|area_total_sq_mi = 0.86
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|population_density_sq_mi = 134.66
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Raglesville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Van Buren Township, Daviess County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 141.{{cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1862712| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Raglesville CDP, Indiana| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=October 23, 2015}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
History
Raglesville was laid out in 1837.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historyofknoxdav00chic | title=History of Knox and Daviess County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present | publisher=Goodspeed | year=1886 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofknoxdav00chic/page/706 706]}} A post office was established at Raglesville in 1849, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1923.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Daviess&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Daviess County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=31 August 2014}} John Ragle was the first postmaster.{{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/275 275]|quote=...with John Ragle as postmaster...}}
Geography
Raglesville is located in northeastern Daviess County at {{coord|38|48|12|N|86|57|41|W|type:city}}. It is {{convert|4|mi|0}} southeast of Odon and {{convert|21|mi}} northeast of Washington, the county seat.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Raglesville CDP has an area of {{convert|2.2|sqkm|order=flip}}, all of it land.
Demographics
{{US Census population
|align=left|2020= 115
|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
{{Daviess County, Indiana}}
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Category:Census-designated places in Daviess County, Indiana
Category:Census-designated places in Indiana
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