Official Name: | Landess, Indiana |
Pushpin Map: | Indiana#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Landess |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Grant |
Subdivision Type3: | Townships |
Subdivision Name3: | Washington, Van Buren |
Area Total Km2: | 3.64 |
Area Land Km2: | 3.64 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 153 |
Population Density Km2: | 42.07 |
Coordinates: | 40.6125°N -85.5592°W |
Elevation Ft: | 863 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 46991 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-41994 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2583458 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.40 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.40 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 108.97 |
Landess is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Washington and Van Buren townships, Grant County, Indiana, in the United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 188.[2]
Landess was founded in 1882 by William Landess.[3] A post office was established at Landess in 1884, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1996.[4]
Landess is located in northeastern Grant County, 9miles northeast of Marion, the county seat, and 3miles west of Van Buren. Interstate 69 forms the southeastern edge of the Landess CDP, but there is no access to the highway at this point. The closest interchanges are Exit 264 (Indiana State Road 18), 4miles to the south, and Exit 273 (State Road 5), 7miles to the northeast.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Landess CDP has an area of 3.6sqkm, all of it land.[2]