Butlerville, Indiana Explained

Official Name:Butlerville, Indiana
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:Indiana#USA
Pushpin Label:Butlerville
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Indiana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Jennings
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Campbell
Coordinates:39.0325°N -85.5131°W
Area Total Km2:0.97
Area Land Km2:0.97
Area Water Km2:0.00
Population Total:300
Population As Of:2020
Population Density Km2:310.76
Elevation Ft:807
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:47223
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:2587013
Blank1 Name:FIPS code
Blank1 Info:18-09622
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Sq Mi:0.37
Area Land Sq Mi:0.37
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Population Density Sq Mi:804.29

Butlerville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in central Campbell Township, Jennings County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 282.[2]

History

The Butlerville post office was established in 1851.[3] An early settler being a former resident of Butlerville, Ohio, caused the name to be selected.[4] Butlerville was legally platted in 1853.[5]

Hannah Milhous Nixon, mother of President Richard Nixon, was born near Butlerville.

The community was home to Butlerville High School, home of the Bulldogs; which graduated classes from ~1910 thru 1950. Today, the community is serviced by Jennings County High School.

Geography

Butlerville lies along U.S. Route 50, 7miles east-northeast of the town of Vernon, the county seat of Jennings County.[6]

Although Butlerville is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 47223.[7]

The community is bordered to the west by Southeast Purdue Agricultural Center.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. March 16, 2022.
  2. Web site: Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Butlerville CDP, Indiana. U.S. Census Bureau. American Factfinder. May 18, 2018. https://archive.today/20200213105543/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1809622. February 13, 2020. dead.
  3. Web site: Jennings County . Jim Forte Postal History . 9 November 2014.
  4. Book: Jennings Co., Indiana - Pictorial . Turner Publishing Company . Jennings Co. Historical Society . 1999 . 37. 9781563115219 .
  5. Book: Baker, Ronald L.. From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. registration. October 1995. Indiana University Press. 978-0-253-32866-3. 84. ...was platted on July 27, 1853..
  6. DeLorme. Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer. 3rd ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 52. .
  7. http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=47223 Zip Code Lookup