Official Name: | Burney |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community and Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Indiana#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Decatur |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Clay |
Coordinates: | 39.3181°N -85.6397°W |
Elevation Ft: | 827 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 47240 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-09334[1] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2830350 |
Burney is an unincorporated community in Clay Township, Decatur County, Indiana.
Burney was laid out in 1882.[2] Burney was the name of a local family.[3] A post office was established at Burney in 1884, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1995.[4]
Leroy Edgar Burney, Surgeon General under Eisenhower, was born in Burney, Indiana.