Losantville, Indiana
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| Town of Losantville, Indiana |
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| County | Randolph |
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| Area | |
| - City | 0.5 km² |
| - Land | 0.5 km² |
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| - City (2000) | 280 |
| - Density | 600.6/km² |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| - Summer (DST) | EST (UTC-5) |
Losantville is a town in Union Township, Randolph County, Indiana, United States. The population was 280 at the 2000 census.
[edit] Geography
Losantville is located at (40.024556, -85.183068)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²), all land.
The town was originally called Hunt's Crossing when it was platted in the 1800's. The name Losantville is actually a corruption of a name that roughly translates as "the town opposite of where the licking rivers meet." Losantville was the original name of the city of Cincinnati, Ohio. Losantville was also known as Bronson for many years and for sometime if you sent a letter to Bronson, Indiana, it would be sent to Losantville. The city council finally decided to officially make the name of the town Losantville in the late 1960's. As far as anyone knows it is the only town with the name of Losantville in the United States.
[edit] Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 280 people, 115 households, and 76 families residing in the town. The population density was 600.6/km² (1,584.8/mi²). There were 124 housing units at an average density of 266.0/km² (701.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 100.00% White.
There were 115 households out of which 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.0% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.9% were non-families. 28.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.03.
In the town the population was spread out with 29.6% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 20.7% from 45 to 64, and 16.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 91.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.6 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $30,000, and the median income for a family was $36,250. Males had a median income of $32,222 versus $21,607 for females. The per capita income for the town was $12,885. About 16.0% of families and 15.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.1% of those under the age of eighteen and 12.5% of those sixty five or over.
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