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Bowling Green, Indiana

Coordinates: 39°22′59″N 87°00′42″W / 39.38306°N 87.01167°W / 39.38306; -87.01167
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Bowling Green
Bowling Green is located in Clay County, Indiana
Bowling Green
Bowling Green
Location in Clay County
Coordinates: 39°22′59″N 87°00′42″W / 39.38306°N 87.01167°W / 39.38306; -87.01167
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyClay
TownshipWashington
Elevation
653 ft (199 m)
Time zoneUTC-5:00 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5:00 (EDT)
ZIP code
47833
Area code812
FIPS 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

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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

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1850318
186046646.5%
187060630.0%
1880572−5.6%
1890467−18.4%
1900432−7.5%
1910336−22.2%
1920273−18.7%
1930257−5.9%
1940219−14.8%
19502357.3%
1960229−2.6%
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

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References

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  1. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ "Bowling Green, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
  3. ^ 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...
  4. ^ "Clay County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
  5. ^ a b "History | Clay County Indiana". www.claycountyin.gov. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  6. ^ Blanchard, Charles (1884). Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Company. pp. 175.
  7. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  8. ^ "Beamer, George N." Federal Judicial Center.