Official Name: | Bowling Green |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated town |
Pushpin Map: | USA Indiana Clay County |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Clay County |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Clay |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Washington |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | -5:00 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5:00 |
Coordinates: | 39.3831°N -87.0117°W |
Elevation Ft: | 653 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 47833 |
Area Code: | 812 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-06832[1] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 431404 |
Bowling Green is an unincorporated town in Washington Township, Clay County, Indiana. It is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The town was probably named after Bowling Green, Virginia.[2] The first post office was established at Bowling Green in 1825.[3] With the establishment of Clay County in the same year, Bowling Green became the site of the county's first courthouse, which was completed in 1828.[4] Bowling Green was incorporated as a town in 1869,[5] but subsequently lost its status as county seat to the town of Brazil in 1876.
Bowling Green appeared on U.S. Census returns between 1850 and 1960. Its population peaked in 1870, when it had a reported 606 inhabitants.