Official Name: | Herbst, Indiana |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Indiana#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Herbst |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Grant |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Franklin |
Area Total Km2: | 0.35 |
Area Land Km2: | 0.35 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 99 |
Population Density Km2: | 281.19 |
Coordinates: | 40.5139°N -85.7875°W |
Elevation Ft: | 856 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 46953 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-33178[1] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2583455 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.14 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.14 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 727.94 |
Herbst is an unincorporated census-designated place in Franklin Township, Grant County, Indiana, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 112.[3]
A post office was established at Herbst in 1880, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1962.[4] August H. Herbst served as the first postmaster.[5]
Herbst is located in western Grant County 9miles southwest of Marion, the county seat, and 2miles east of Swayzee.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Herbst CDP has an area of 3.38sqkm, all of it land.[3]