Bowling Green, Indiana Explained

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.

History

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.

Demographics

Bowling Green appeared on U.S. Census returns between 1850 and 1960. Its population peaked in 1870, when it had a reported 606 inhabitants.

Notable people

References

  1. Web site: U.S. Census website . . 2008-01-31 .
  2. Book: Baker, Ronald L.. From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. October 1995. Indiana University Press. 978-0-253-32866-3. 73. ...but more likely the village was named for Bowling Green, Virginia.... registration.
  3. Web site: Clay County . Jim Forte Postal History . 30 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140903100756/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Clay&searchtext=&pagenum=1 . 3 September 2014 .
  4. Web site: History Clay County Indiana. 2021-05-19. www.claycountyin.gov.
  5. Book: Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana: Historical and Biographical . F.A. Battey & Company . Blanchard, Charles . 1884 . 175.
  6. Web site: Beamer, George N. . Federal Judicial Center.