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Busseron, Indiana

Coordinates: 38°50′08″N 87°26′57″W / 38.83556°N 87.44917°W / 38.83556; -87.44917
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Busseron, Indiana
Busseron is located in Indiana
Busseron
Busseron
Busseron is located in the United States
Busseron
Busseron
Coordinates: 38°50′08″N 87°26′57″W / 38.83556°N 87.44917°W / 38.83556; -87.44917
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyKnox
TownshipBusseron
Elevation
466 ft (142 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47561
Area code812
FIPS code18-09496[1]
GNIS feature ID431894[2]

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

Geography

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

History

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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

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  1. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ "Busseron, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
  3. ^ History of Knox and Daviess County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Goodspeed. 1886. pp. 272.