Official Name: | Owensburg, Indiana |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Indiana#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Owensburg |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Greene |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Jackson |
Area Total Km2: | 15.35 |
Area Land Km2: | 15.33 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.02 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 5.93 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 5.92 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 67.91 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 402 |
Population Density Km2: | 26.22 |
Coordinates: | 38.9222°N -86.7444°W |
Elevation Ft: | 643 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 47453 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-57510[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2583463 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Owensburg is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jackson Township, Greene County, Indiana, United States. It was named in honor of the Owens family of early settlers.[3] As of the 2010 census it had a population of 406.[4]
Owensburg is located in southeastern Greene County. The southern border of the CDP follows the Martin County line, and the western edge of the CDP follows Indiana State Road 45. State Road 58 passes through the center of Owensburg, leading east to Bedford and west with State Road 45 to Interstate 69 and U.S. Route 231 near Scotland. State Road 45 leads north from Owensburg 4miles to Interstate 69 and to Bloomington.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Owensburg CDP has a total area of 15.4sqkm, of which 0.02sqkm, or 0.13%, is water.[4] The center of Owensburg is in the valley of Town Branch, which flows east to Indian Creek, a tributary of East Fork of the White River and part of the Wabash River watershed.