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

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]

Geography edit

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

History edit

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 edit

  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.