Greensburg, Indiana Greensburg, Indiana Greensburg is a town/city in Decatur County, Indiana, United States.
Greensburg was laid out in 1822. The founder's wife being a native of Greensburg, Pennsylvania caused the name to be chose. The first postal service at Greensburg opened in 1823, but the name of the postal service was spelled Greensburgh until 1894. At the beginning of the twentieth century, race relations in Greensburg worsened, dominant to the expulsion of African Americans from the town/city after race riots against them in 1906 and 1907. According to James W.
Loewen, Greensburg then was for decades a sundown town, a town that was purposely all-white. The Bromwell Wire Works, Decatur County Courthouse, Greensburg Carnegie Public Library, Greensburg Downtown Historic District, Bright B.
Tree on the Courthouse Tower in Greensburg, Indiana The Decatur County Courthouse in Greensburg is known for a tree which grows from the top of the Courthouse Tower, giving Greensburg its nickname, "Tree City".
According to the 2010 census, Greensburg has a total region of 9.315 square miles (24.13 km2), of which 9.27 square miles (24.01 km2) (or 99.52%) is territory and 0.045 square miles (0.12 km2) (or 0.48%) is water. The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 96.1% White, 0.4% African American, 0.2% Native American, 1.3% Asian, 0.9% from other competitions, and 0.9% from two or more competitions.
There were 4,661 homeholds of which 32.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 44.2% were married couples living together, 13.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.8% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 37.2% were non-families.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97.57% White, 0.08% African American, 0.16% Native American, 1.39% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.10% from other competitions, and 0.69% from two or more competitions.
Greensburg from the air, looking north.
There were 4,178 homeholds, out of which 31.6% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 50.7% were married couples living together, 12.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 33.5% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 24.6% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
Honda Motor Company operates an automobile manufacturing plant (Honda Manufacturing of Indiana, LLC) along Interstate 74 in Greensburg. The business purchased 1,700 acres (6.9 km2) at the northwest edge of Greensburg in 2006.
As of 2016, Honda Manufacturing of Indiana employs over 2,300 associates and produces the tenth-generation Honda Civic. The Acura ILX was also assembled at Honda Manufacturing of Indiana until 2015, when manufacturing of that model was transferred to Honda's plant in Marysville, Ohio. A number of other Greensburg businesses produce goods ranging from auto parts to faucets.
Kroger's KB Speciality Foods plant is based in Greensburg and manufactures various baked goods, deli salads and other store brand products.
In 2010, Delta Faucet merged machining activities, resulting in a workforce reduction at its Greensburg plant. Valeo also holds a plant in Greensburg for their engine cooling division.
Products produced in the Greensburg plant include radiators, charged air coolers, heat exchangers, etc.
Greensburg is an incorporated town/city governed by a mayor and a five-member town/city council.
Four of the five City Council members are propel from separate districts inside the city, while the fifth member is an at-large member who is propel by the entire community.
The mayor, the town/city council, and the city's clerk-treasurer serve four year terms.
Greensburg has one school corporation, the Greensburg Community School Corporation.
Greensburg Elementary School, a state-of-the-art kindergarten-through-5th-grade facility that opened in 2004, has 1000 students.
Greensburg Community Junior High School, which opened in 1957 as the high school building, underwent primary renovations in 2008.
Current enrollment at Greensburg Community High School is 630 students in grades 9-12.
Greensburg Community High School is one of six members of the Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference.
Greensburg is also home to one parochial school, St.
Mary's acquired territory at the south edge of the town/city in 2010 that will be the locale of their new Catholic Church and parochial school.
In 2004, the Greensburg Community Learning Center opened in the former Rosenmund Elementary School, which was one of three major schools that were closed when Greensburg Elementary School opened that year.
In 2013, Greensburg Community High School Boys Varsity Basketball Team became the IHSAA 3 - A Boys Basketball Champs beating Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran High School in overtime with the score of 73-70.
In 2014, Greensburg Community High School Boys Varsity Basketball Team became the repeat IHSAA 3 - A Boys Basketball Champs beating Bowman Academy with the score of 89-76.
Michigan Ave., Greensburg.
Greensburg is positioned adjoining to Interstate 74 halfway between Indianapolis and Cincinnati.
Highway 421 links Greensburg with Indianapolis to the north and Lexington, Kentucky, to the south.
State Road 3 joins Greensburg with Muncie and Fort Wayne to the north and the Indiana suburbs of Louisville, Kentucky, to the south.
Greensburg is a likely train stop on the proposed high-speed rail line between Indianapolis and Cincinnati.
Indianapolis International Airport is positioned 59 miles (95 km) from Greensburg, and Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport is positioned 66 miles (106 km) away.
Greensburg has one newspaper, the Greensburg Daily News, which is presented Mondays through Saturdays.
Greensburg is also home to 1330 AM 104.3 FM WTRE, a locally owned and directed 500-watt AM/FM airways broadcast that plays nation music, small-town news, and small-town sports from region high schools.
Thomas Hendricks (1773 1835), a veteran of the War of 1812, established Greensburg in 1821, which was titled by his wife in 1822.
Hendricks served in the Indiana House of Representatives and the Indiana State Senate, and was the uncle of future U.S.
James Bradford Foley (1807 1886), moved to Greensburg, Indiana in 1834, and was propel to the Thirty-fifth Congress.
From 1845 to 1860 he worked as a tinsmith around Greensburg, before moving to Indianapolis and beginning the business that became G.
Cumback lived in Greensburg for 52 years, and is buried at South Park Cemetery.
As a young man, Wilder moved to Greensburg, where he married, raised a large family, and established a foundry.
Warthin was born in Greensburg, and is buried in South Park Cemetery.
Fisher was born in Greensburg and spent much of his childhood here.
Roy Henry Thorpe (1874-1951), a Greensburg High School graduate, he was propel to the Sixty-seventh United States Congress in 1922 while living in Nebraska.
Kessing was born in Greensburg, and attended the Naval Academy, where he played football and baseball.
Rose Mc - Connell Long (1892-1970), born in Greensburg, was a United States Senator and the wife of Huey Long.
Shaw lived in Greensburg for a time amid his teen years.
Climate data for Greensburg, Indiana History of Decatur County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions.
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"Greensburg's Famous Tower Tree".
"Honda Manufacturing of Indiana Begins Production of All-New 10th-Generation 2016 Honda Civic Sedan".
"Delta Faucet cutting 40 more jobs at Greensburg plant".
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