Butlerville, Indiana

Butlerville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in central Campbell Township, Jennings County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 282.^[3]

Butlerville, Indiana
Census-designated place
The abandoned Butlerville High School
Location of Butlerville in Jennings County, Indiana
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Coordinates: 39°01′57″N 85°30′47″W[1]
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Jennings
Township	Campbell
Area [2]
• Total	0.37 sq mi (0.97 km2)
• Land	0.37 sq mi (0.97 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation [1]	807 ft (246 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	300
• Density	804.29/sq mi (310.76/km2)
ZIP code	47223
GNIS feature ID	2587013[1]
FIPS code	18-09622

History

The Butlerville post office was established in 1851.^[4] An early settler being a former resident of Butlerville, Ohio, caused the name to be selected.^[5] Butlerville was legally platted in 1853.^[6]

Hannah Milhous Nixon, mother of President Richard Nixon, was born near Butlerville.

The community was home to Butlerville High School, home of the Bulldogs; which graduated classes from ~1910 thru 1950. Today, the community is serviced by Jennings County High School.

Geography

Butlerville lies along U.S. Route 50, 7 miles (11 km) east-northeast of the town of Vernon, the county seat of Jennings County.^[7]

Although Butlerville is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 47223.^[8]

The community is bordered to the west by Southeast Purdue Agricultural Center.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	300		—
U.S. Decennial Census[9]