Busseron, Indiana

Busseron
Unincorporated community
Busseron
Busseron
Coordinates: 38°50′08″N 87°26′57″W / 38.83556°N 87.44917°W / 38.83556; -87.44917Coordinates: 38°50′08″N 87°26′57″W / 38.83556°N 87.44917°W / 38.83556; -87.44917
Country United States
State Indiana
County Knox
Township Busseron
Elevation 466 ft (142 m)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 47561
Area code(s) 812
FIPS code 18-09496[1]
GNIS feature ID 431894[2]

Busseron is an unincorporated community in Busseron Township, Knox County, Indiana.

Geography

Busseron is located at 38°50′08″N 87°26′57″W / 38.83556°N 87.44917°W / 38.83556; -87.44917.

History

Busseron was surveyed by George Calhoun in 1854. W. W. Harper, J. A. McClure and T.P. Emison were proprietors. It was a station on the Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad. As early as the 1920s, Busseron was not so much a town and just simply a railroad station.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ "Busseron, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
  3. ↑ History of Knox and Daviess County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Goodspeed. 1886. p. 272.


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