West Baden Springs, Indiana West Baden Springs, Indiana Location of West Baden Springs in the state of Indiana Location of West Baden Springs in the state of Indiana West Baden Springs is a town in French Lick Township, Orange County, in the U.S.
4 West Baden Springs Hotel West Baden Springs is positioned in the vicinity of a several mineral springs. The town was established in the 1850s, and titled after the spa town of Baden-Baden, in Germany. A postal service has been in operation at West Baden Springs since 1861. Dixie Garage, First Baptist Church, Homestead Hotel, Oxford Hotel, West Baden National Bank, and West Baden Springs Hotel are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. West Baden Springs is positioned at 38 34 1 N 86 36 42 W (38.567018, -86.611601). According to the 2010 census, West Baden Springs has a total region of 1.098 square miles (2.84 km2), of which 1.09 square miles (2.82 km2) (or 99.27%) is territory and 0.008 square miles (0.02 km2) (or 0.73%) is water. There were 303 housing units at an average density of 278.0 per square mile (107.3/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town was 93.4% White, 3.1% African American, 0.5% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 0.7% from other competitions, and 1.9% from two or more competitions.
There were 251 homeholds of which 27.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 40.2% were married couples living together, 12.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 6.4% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 40.6% were non-families.
24% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 6.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.3% were from 25 to 44; 25.3% were from 45 to 64; and 17.8% were 65 years of age or older.
There were 292 housing units at an average density of 273.0 per square mile (105.4/km ).
There were 263 homeholds out of which 24.7% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 50.2% were married couples living together, 10.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 33.1% were non-families.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 21.7% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 26.5% from 45 to 64, and 15.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $32,750, and the median income for a family was $40,357.
About 10.3% of families and 9.7% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 6.8% of those under age 18 and 13.5% of those age 65 or over.
West Baden Springs Hotel Main article: West Baden Springs Hotel West Baden Springs Dome The historic, 243-room luxury hotel is part of the French Lick Resort Casino complex that also includes the French Lick Springs Hotel and its adjoining casino. A gala event on June 23, 2007, jubilated the reopening of the restored West Baden Springs Hotel. (The renovated French Lick Springs hotel and new casino opened on November 3, 2006.) Built in 1902, the West Baden Springs Hotel became known for the 200-foot (61 m) dome covering its atrium. Prior to the culmination of the Assembly Hall at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1963, the building had the biggest free-spanning dome in the United States and was the biggest in the world from 1902-1913. The hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, and became a National Historic Landmark in 1987. It is also designated as a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. "West Baden Springs, Indiana".
History of Lawrence, Orange, and Washington Counties, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present.
...naming it West Baden for the famous spa in Germany.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
"Mineral Springs: The French Lick Springs Hotel in Orange County, Indiana".
"The Story of the West Baden Springs Hotel".
The Pedigree of West Baden (PDF).
French Lick and West Baden, History and Story, From 1810 to 1904.
"National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: West Baden Springs Hotel" (PDF).
"West Baden Springs Hotel".
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