Busseron, Indiana Explained

Official Name:Busseron, Indiana
Pushpin Map:Indiana#USA
Pushpin Label:Busseron
Pushpin Label Position:left
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Indiana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Knox
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Busseron
Established Date:May 30, 1854
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Coordinates:38.8356°N -87.4492°W
Elevation Ft:466
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:47561
Area Code:812
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:18-09496[1]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:431894

Busseron is an unincorporated community in Busseron Township, Knox County, Indiana, United States.

Geography

Busseron is located at 38.8356°N -87.4492°W.

History

Busseron was surveyed by George Calhoun in 1854. W. W. Harper, J. A. McClure and T. P. Emison were proprietors. It was a station on the Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad. As early as the 1920s, Busseron was not so much a town and just simply a railroad station.[2]

References

  1. Web site: American FactFinder . https://archive.today/20200212221153/http://factfinder.census.gov/main.html . dead . 2020-02-12 . . 2008-01-31 .
  2. Book: History of Knox and Daviess County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present . Goodspeed . 1886 . 272.