Greenville, Indiana

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Coordinates: 38°22′22″N, 85°59′19″W
Town of Greenville, Indiana
Location in the state of Indiana
County	Floyd
Area
- City	1.6 km² (0.6 sq mi)
- Land	1.6 km² (0.6 sq mi)
- Water	0.0 km² (0 sq mi)
Population (2000)
- City	591
- Density	368.0/km² (953.1/sq mi)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)

Greenville is a town in Floyd County, Indiana, United States. The population was 591 at the 2000 census.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Demographics
4 External links

[edit] History

Early in Floyd County's history, Greenville was initially to be the county seat. A New Albany resident offered to provide a bell for the courthouse, if and only if the courthouse were built in New Albany. Thus, it was built there instead.

[edit] Geography

Greenville is located at 38°22′22″N, 85°59′19″W (38.372768, -85.988685)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.6 km² (0.6 mi²), all land.

The township is situated such that, clockwise, it borders the township of Jackson Township, Washington County to the northwest, Wood Township, Clark County to the northeast, Laffayette Township in Floyd County to the east, Georgetown Township to the south, Jackson Township, Harrison County to the southwest, and Morgan Township, Harrison County to the west.

Big and Little Indian Creeks meander through the township, which are tributaries in the Ohio River watershed.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 591 people, 224 households, and 174 families residing in the town. The population density was 368.0/km² (954.9/mi²). There were 238 housing units at an average density of 148.2/km² (384.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.12% White, 0.34% African American, 1.02% Asian, 0.51% from other races, and 1.02% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.51% of the population.

There were 224 households out of which 39.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.2% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.3% were non-families. 19.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the town the population was spread out with 28.4% under the age of 18, 4.4% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 101.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.7 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $49,271, and the median income for a family was $50,972. Males had a median income of $44,464 versus $26,484 for females. The per capita income for the town was $24,343. About 5.0% of families and 4.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.1% of those under age 18 and 15.7% of those age 65 or over.