Busseron, Indiana

Busseron
Unincorporated community
Busseron
Coordinates: 38°50′08″N 87°26′57″W / 38.83556°N 87.44917°WCoordinates: 38°50′08″N 87°26′57″W / 38.83556°N 87.44917°W
Country United States
State Indiana
County Knox
Township Busseron
Elevation 466 ft (142 m)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 47561
Area code(s) 812
FIPS code 18-09496[1]
GNIS feature ID 431894[2]

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

Geography

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

History

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

  1. "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. "Busseron, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
  3. History of Knox and Daviess County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Goodspeed. 1886. p. 272.