Auburn, Indiana Auburn, Indiana Main Street in downtown Auburn, Indiana Main Street in downtown Auburn, Indiana Official seal of Auburn, Indiana Auburn is a town/city in De - Kalb County, Indiana, United States.
Founded in 1836 by Wesley Park (1811 1868), the town/city is the governmental center of county of De - Kalb County. Auburn is also known as Home of the Classics.
Auburn is positioned at 41 21 56 N 85 03 23 W 20 miles north of Fort Wayne in Northern Indiana.
Most of Auburn is positioned in Union civil township.
Auburn has typical continental weather with very warm summers and very cold winters.
There are an average of 13.1 days with highs of 90 F (32 C) or higher and an average of 136.8 days with lows of 32 F (0 C) or lower.
Average annual rain in Auburn is 35.47 inches (901 mm).
Auburn's site on Cedar Creek was chosen by Wesley Park and John Badlam Howe at the intersection of two primary trails, Goshen-Defiance Road and Coldwater Road, and next to the territory of John Houlton. The name for the improve likely came from "The Deserted Village" by Oliver Goldsmith, that begins "Sweet Auburn! Loveliest village of the plain." The plat of the Village of Auburn is dated April 21, 1836, but it was held by Howe and not recorded until March 12, 1879.
The Village of Auburn was incorporated in 1849, divided into wards, and governed under a town board and constable.
A several months later (April 6, 1873), the new brick block of Seventh Street (Snyder's Building) collapsed, also destroying the Ensley Building. Auburn water and lights was constructed in 1898.
The change in status to the City of Auburn on March 26, 1900 followed a popular vote.
The Auburn Automobile Company established in 1900 produced its first automobile in 1903. William Wrigley, Jr.
The Auburn Rubber Company was started in 1913 as the Double Fabric Tire Company, making tires for Auburn Automobile Company.
In the 1920s as Auburn Rubber, it became a large manufacturer of rubber toys, leaving Auburn in 1959.
Notorious bank robber John Dillinger and some accomplices raided Auburn's police station on October 14, 1933, stealing a submachine gun, two steel vests, three rifles, six pistols and over 1000 rounds of ammunition. The acts that led to the U.S.
349 (1978), the dominant American case on judicial immunity, took place in Auburn in 1971.
The Auburn Community Mausoleum, Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Facility, Downtown Auburn Historic District, and Eckhart Public Library and Park are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. De - Kalb County Court House, Auburn, Indiana.
There were 5,226 homeholds of which 32.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 46.0% were married couples living together, 12.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.2% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 36.4% were non-families.
31.2% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 13.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The median age in the town/city was 37.9 years.
25.3% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 8.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.9% were from 25 to 44; 25.1% were from 45 to 64; and 15.6% were 65 years of age or older.
There were 4,927 homeholds out of which 33.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 51.2% were married couples living together, 10.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 35.0% were non-families.
30.1% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 12.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
In the town/city the populace was spread out with 26.4% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
Auburn's Italianate City Hall, instead of in 1913.
Auburn is governed by an propel mayor and seven-member common council and a three-member board of enhance works and safety consisting of the mayor and two the rest assigned by the mayor.
Mayors of Auburn Term(s) 102.3 FM WGBJ "Mega 102.3" Licensed to Auburn, studios in Fort Wayne, Indiana The Dekalb County Free Fall Fair is held in down town Auburn.
Most of Auburn lies in the De - Kalb County Central United School District.
Public schools serving Auburn are: Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum, Auburn, Indiana, a National Historic Landmark that was once the command posts and showroom of the Auburn Automobile Company.
Auburn is the locale of the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival, held each Labor Day weekend, and of the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum and the National Automotive and Truck Museum of the United States.
The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival, with the annual Labor Day auction, is said to host the world's biggest automotive auction.[who?] These automotive-related affairs are the impact of the Auburn Automobile Company, which closed in the late 1930s.
The business had its command posts and a factory in Auburn.
Other exhibitions positioned near Auburn include the Hoosier Air Museum, the Kruse Automotive and Carriage Museum, which includes the International Monster Truck Hall of Fame, and the World War II Victory Museum.
Auburn also hosts the annual De - Kalb County Free Fall Fair, a six-day event usually held in the last week of September.
Auburn was also home to early automobile business De - Soto in 1913.
Gordon Buehrig (1904 1990), automobile designer, lived in Auburn for two years while designing the 1935 1936 Auburn Speedster and is buried in Roselawn Cemetery.
Errett Lobban Cord (1894 1974), industrialist, lived in Auburn while running the Auburn Automobile Company.
Will Cuppy (1884 1949), humorist and journalist, was born in Auburn, graduated from Auburn High School and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
Charles Eckhart (1841 1915), industrialist and philanthropist, established the Eckhart Carriage Company, predecessor of the Auburn Automobile Company, and was Prohibition Party candidate for Governor of Indiana in 1900.
He lived in Auburn from 1874 until his death and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Farley (1871 1948), member of US House of Representatives, 1933 1939, lived in Auburn while an executive of the Auburn Automobile Company and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States, graduated from Auburn High School in 1933.
Mc - Clellan (1835 1898), member of US House of Representatives, 1889 1892, lived in Auburn and practiced law there.
Rollie Zeider (1883-1967), early 20th Century infielder in Major League Baseball, was born in Cass County and raised in Auburn.
Auburn town/city logo.
The official town/city logo, pictured at right, is based on the logo of the former Auburn Automobile Company.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
United States Census.
"Temperature Summary - 120334 AUBURN, IN".
"Precipitation Summary - 120334 AUBURN, IN".
City Parks and Recreation City of Auburn, Indiana website De - Kalb County Central United School District Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival Downtown Auburn Business Association Old Vandalia Railroad Bridge over Cedar Creek in Auburn.
A storefront church in Auburn.
Auburn Automobile Company historical marker.
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