Bowling Green is an unincorporated town in Washington Township, Clay County, Indiana. It is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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  Bowling Green Location in Clay County | |
| Coordinates: 39°22′59″N 87°00′42″W / 39.38306°N 87.01167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Clay |
| Township | Washington |
| Elevation | 653 ft (199 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5:00 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 47833 |
| Area code | 812 |
| FIPS code | 18-06832[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 431404[2] |
History
editThe town was probably named after Bowling Green, Virginia.[3] The first post office was established at Bowling Green in 1825.[4] With the establishment of Clay County in the same year, Bowling Green became the site of the county's first courthouse, which was completed in 1828.[5] Bowling Green was incorporated as a town in 1869,[6] but subsequently lost its status as county seat to the town of Brazil in 1876.[5]
Demographics
edit| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 318 | — | |
| 1860 | 466 | 46.5% | |
| 1870 | 606 | 30.0% | |
| 1880 | 572 | −5.6% | |
| 1890 | 467 | −18.4% | |
| 1900 | 432 | −7.5% | |
| 1910 | 336 | −22.2% | |
| 1920 | 273 | −18.7% | |
| 1930 | 257 | −5.9% | |
| 1940 | 219 | −14.8% | |
| 1950 | 235 | 7.3% | |
| 1960 | 229 | −2.6% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[7] | |||
Bowling Green appeared on U.S. Census returns between 1850 and 1960. Its population peaked in 1870, when it had a reported 606 inhabitants.
The United States Census Bureau delineated Bowling Green as a census designated place in the 2022 American Community Survey.[8]
Notable people
editReferences
edit- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Bowling Green, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
- ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3.
...but more likely the village was named for Bowling Green, Virginia...
- ^ "Clay County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
- ^ a b "History | Clay County Indiana". www.claycountyin.gov. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
- ^ Blanchard, Charles (1884). Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Company. pp. 175.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
- ^ "2022 Geography Changes". United States Census Bureau.
- ^ "Beamer, George N." Federal Judicial Center.
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