Saint Bernice, Indiana

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| name = Saint Bernice, Indiana

| settlement_type = Census-designated place

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| map_caption = Location of St. Bernice in Vermillion County, Indiana.

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = United States

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Indiana

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Vermillion

| subdivision_type3 = Township

| subdivision_name3 = Helt

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| timezone = Eastern (EST)

| utc_offset = -5

| timezone_DST = EDT

| utc_offset_DST = -4

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| elevation_m = 176

| elevation_ft = 577

| coordinates = {{coord|39|42|33|N|87|31|17|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}

| postal_code_type = ZIP code

| postal_code = 47875

| area_code = 765

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|population_as_of = 2020

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|population_total = 595

|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_km2 = 4.63

|area_total_sq_mi = 1.79

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|population_density_sq_mi = 332.77

|population_density_km2 = 128.47

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Saint Bernice is an unincorporated census-designated place in Helt Township, Vermillion County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.{{cite gnis|442503|Saint Bernice, Indiana|2010-08-19}} It had a population of 646 at the 2010 census.

History

A post office has been in operation at Saint Bernice since 1867.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Vermillion | title=Vermillion County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=1 October 2015}} The plat was filed in 1905.{{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/n306 289]|quote=...platted as Saint Bernice on August 18, 1905.}} The origin of the name Saint Bernice is obscure.{{cite book|author=Vermillion County Historical Society (Vermillion County, Ind.)|title=Vermillion County, Indiana History and Families|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N2nMur_fmZ0C&pg=PA67|year=1990|publisher=Turner Publishing Company|isbn=978-0-938021-34-6|page=67}}

Geography

Saint Bernice is located at {{coord|39|42|33|N|87|31|17|W|type:city}}.

Demographics

{{US Census population

|2020= 595

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

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Education

It is in the South Vermillion Community School Corporation.{{cite map|author=Geography Division|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st18_in/schooldistrict_maps/c18165_vermillion/DC20SD_C18165.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Vermillion County, IN|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|date=December 18, 2020|access-date=2025-06-06}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st18_in/schooldistrict_maps/c18165_vermillion/DC20SD_C18165_SD2MS.txt Text list] That school district operates South Vermillion High School.

References

Category:Census-designated places in Vermillion County, Indiana

Category:Census-designated places in Indiana

Category:Terre Haute metropolitan area