Butlerville, Indiana

Census-designated place in Indiana, United States

39°01′57″N 85°30′47″W / 39.03250°N 85.51306°W / 39.03250; -85.51306^[1]CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyJenningsTownship CampbellArea

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• Total0.37 sq mi (0.97 km²) • Land0.37 sq mi (0.97 km²) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)Elevation

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807 ft (246 m)Population

(2020)

• Total300 • Density804.29/sq mi (310.76/km²)ZIP code

47223

GNIS feature ID2587013^[1]FIPS code18-09622

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.^[3]

History

The Butlerville post office was established in 1851.^[4] An early settler being a former resident of Butlerville, Ohio, caused the name to be selected.^[5] Butlerville was legally platted in 1853.^[6]

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, 7 miles (11 km) east-northeast of the town of Vernon, the county seat of Jennings County.^[7]

Although Butlerville is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 47223.^[8]

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

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	300		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Butlerville, Indiana
^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Butlerville CDP, Indiana". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
^ "Jennings County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
^ Jennings Co. Historical Society (1999). Jennings Co., Indiana - Pictorial. Turner Publishing Company. p. 37. ISBN 9781563115219.
^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. ...was platted on July 27, 1853.
^ DeLorme. Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer. 3rd ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 52. ISBN 0-89933-319-2.
^ Zip Code Lookup
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.