Princeton, Indiana For communities with a similar name, see Princeton .
Princeton, Indiana Southern and sides of Princeton's best-known landmark, the 1884 Gibson County Courthouse Southern and sides of Princeton's best-known landmark, the 1884 Gibson County Courthouse Princeton is a town/city in Patoka Township, Gibson County, Indiana, United States.
The populace was 8,644 at the 2010 census, and it is part of the greater Evansville, Indiana, Metropolitan Area.
The town/city is the governmental center of county of and the biggest city in Gibson County. He would turn into a Gibson County Commissioner and the namesake for the governmental center of county of Princeton.
Gibson had previously been part of the vast Knox County which veiled all the territory of southwestern Indiana, bordered by the Wabash and Ohio Rivers.
The iconic motif of Princeton is the Gibson County Courthouse, a structure assembled in the Second Empire style.
The small-town newspaper, the Princeton Daily Clarion, was first presented in 1846.
Lyles Station, a small improve just west of Princeton, was established by freed Tennessee slave Joshua Lyles in 1849.
The Wabash and Erie Canal ran through the close-by towns of Francisco and Port Gibson, providing a means of reaching distant markets with goods from Princeton.
The Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad line was run through town in 1852 and the Princeton Depot was constructed in 1875.
The barns became a boon to Princeton's trade as the Southern Railway Shops were constructed on the edge of town in 1892.
Other trade included the Heinz plant (because of the area's famed tomatoes being good for ketchup making) and the Princeton Coal Mine.
The deadliest tornado in US history claimed 70 lives in Indiana with over half of those in Princeton.
Toyota Motor Company opened a truck manufacturing plant between Princeton and Fort Branch in 1998 to build a new full-size pickup and SUV.
On April 18, 2008, Princeton was shaken by the 2008 Illinois earthquake, epicentered approximately 18.5 miles (30 km) away near West Salem, Illinois.
Princeton is positioned at 38 21 13 N 87 34 14 W (38.353617, -87.570541). According to the 2010 census, Princeton has a total region of 5.075 square miles (13.14 km2), of which 5.07 square miles (13.13 km2) (or 99.9%) is territory and 0.005 square miles (0.01 km2) (or 0.1%) is water. According to the Koppen climate classification system, Princeton has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. There were 3,516 homeholds of which 32.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 41.0% were married couples living together, 15.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.5% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 39.4% were non-families.
In the city, the age distribution of the populace shows 24.1% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 20.6% from 45 to 64, and 19.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana is Princeton's biggest employer Major employers in Princeton include Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana (TMMI), positioned 3 miles to the south, nearly halfway between Princeton and Fort Branch, where the Toyota Sequoia, Sienna, and Highlander are manufactured; and Hansen Corporation.
Siemens AG at one point had research and manufacturing facilities in Princeton, but the manufacturing plant was closed in the early 1990s and the research facility was closed soon after.
Toyota's announcement in late 1995 that it would be building a $1 billion manufacturing facility in Princeton created an economic boom, as many of Toyota's suppliers also assembled plants in or near Princeton to minimize shipping and logistical costs.
Additionally, many service businesses positioned in town to satisfy the needs of the employees, many of whom would be relocating to the Princeton region from elsewhere.
More recently, many retail and restaurant chains such as Applebee's, Sears, and Menards have opened locations in Princeton.
Analysts attribute much of this to the prepared extension of Interstate 69 at the time many of these businesses were sited in Princeton, the dominant proposal for the universal was to upgrade U.S.
Princeton is governed by a mayor and a five-member town/city council, all of whom are propel for four-year terms.
City functions are divided among the Police Department, Sanitation Department, Parks and Recreation Department, Street Department, Sewer Department, Water Department, Water Treatment Plant, and the Princeton Fire Territory (formed from a consolidation between the Princeton Fire Department and the Patoka Township Fire Department in early 2006).
Like most Midwestern small towns, Princeton's people are generally socially conservative.
However, its largely blue-collar populace including factory workers, skilled tradesmen, barns employees, and coal miners and momentous union membership means that there is no general bias towards either the Republican or Democratic Party; however, Princeton's Democrats tend to be considerably more socially conservative than those in other parts of the country.
Princeton has three chief city parks, administered by the Department of Parks and Recreation.
Gil Hodges field, where the Princeton Community High School baseball team plays its home games, is also positioned on the park property.
The other two town/city parks are South Side Park and East End Park 06 W06 - BD Princeton Community High School Princeton Community High School Princeton Community Middle School Banks author, born in Princeton in 1951 Jeron Criswell King actor and alleged psychic, born in Princeton in 1907 Indiana 64.svg State Road 64 Known as Broadway Avenue for its entire length in Princeton.
Indiana 65.svg State Road 65 Known as Broadway Avenue for first two thirds of its length up to the Courthouse Square, then turns onto Main Street for the remaining third.
Broadway Avenue State Road 64 for east half, State Road 64/65 for west half where it becomes a four-lane road.
Embree Street Although obscure at its beginning at Broadway, Embree Street is one of the primary thoroughfares used in reaching Princeton Community High School, now known as Princeton Community Middle School.
The Gibson County Fairgrounds are also positioned along Embree Street immediately before the high school/middle school complex.
Main Street Signed as State Road 65 north of the Gibson County Courthouse Square, Main Street is the chief north-south thoroughfare in Princeton.
Route 41 for nearly all of its length through Princeton.
A two-year widening and rehabilitation universal was instead of in 2008, making what was once one of the most unpleasant-looking streets in Princeton the most presentable.
Main Street is the site of the other barns overpass in Princeton.
The current ground of Princeton Community High School, opened in 2012, is positioned along Main Street.
Mulberry/Spring Street Bypass often used to get to Princeton's South Side without having to fuss with the stoplights on the Courthouse Square.
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Climate Summary for Princeton, Indiana Wikisource has the text of a 1911 Encyclop dia Britannica article about Princeton, Indiana.
Municipalities and communities of Gibson County, Indiana, United States
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