Bowling Green, Indiana

Unincorporated town in Indiana, United States

39°22′59″N 87°00′42″W / 39.38306°N 87.01167°W / 39.38306; -87.01167CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyClayTownship WashingtonElevation

653 ft (199 m)Time zoneUTC-5:00 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5:00 (EDT)ZIP code

47833

Area code812FIPS code18-06832^[1]GNIS feature ID431404^[2]

Bowling Green is an unincorporated town in Washington Township, Clay County, Indiana. It is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

The 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

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
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.

Notable people

George N. Beamer, judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana and 30th Indiana Attorney General.^[8]

References

^ "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.
^ "Beamer, George N." Federal Judicial Center.