Busseron, Indiana
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Busseron, Indiana | |
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Coordinates: 38°50′08″N 87°26′57″W / 38.83556°N 87.44917°WCoordinates: 38°50′08″N 87°26′57″W / 38.83556°N 87.44917°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Indiana |
County | Knox |
Township | Busseron |
Elevation | 466 ft (142 m) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 47561 |
Area code | 812 |
FIPS code | 18-09496[1] |
GNIS feature ID | 431894[2] |
Busseron is an unincorporated community in Busseron Township, Knox County, Indiana, United States.
Geography
Busseron is located at 38°50′08″N 87°26′57″W / 38.83556°N 87.44917°W.
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
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "Busseron, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
- ^ History of Knox and Daviess County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Goodspeed. 1886. pp. 272.