Sweetser, Indiana
| Sweetser, Indiana | |
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| Coordinates: 40°34′11″N 85°46′1″W / 40.56972°N 85.76694°WCoordinates: 40°34′11″N 85°46′1″W / 40.56972°N 85.76694°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Grant |
| Township | Franklin, Pleasant, Richland |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.0 sq mi (2.5 km2) |
| • Land | 1.0 sq mi (2.5 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 843 ft (257 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 906 |
| • Density | 929.2/sq mi (358.8/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 46987 |
| Area code(s) | 765 |
| FIPS code | 18-74546[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0444483[2] |
| Website | http://www.sweetserin.com/ |
Sweetser is a town in Franklin, Pleasant and Richland townships, Grant County, Indiana, United States. The population was 906 at the 2000 census.
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[edit] Geography
Sweetser is located at 40°34′11″N 85°46′1″W / 40.56972°N 85.76694°W (40.569731, -85.766972)[3] on State Road 18 between the town of Converse and the city of Marion. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2), of which, 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2) of it is land and 1.02% is water. Although most of the town is either houses or cornfields, there are many other features to this small, quiet town.
Running through the edge of Sweetser is a small body of water, or creek, known as Pipe Creek. Pipe Creek is one of the sites that can be seen from the Sweetser Switch Trail. Known as one of Sweetser’s main attractions, the trail is a walking trail that stretches throughout the whole town and is expanded three miles outside of the town’s outer limits. Although this trail is intended for walking, there are signs posted that allow bicyclists, cross country skiers, runners, wheel chairs and various other ways of exercise permitted on the trail. A new addition to the trail is a statue of one of Grant County’s celebrities, Garfield. Sweetser is home to the artist, Eric Reaves, who assists creator Jim Davis on the comic strip. The trail is lit at night for safety for its travelers by solar panels.
[edit] Demographics
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 906 people, 357 households, and 269 families residing in the town. The population density was 929.2 people per square mile (356.9/km²). There were 371 housing units at an average density of 380.5 per square mile (146.2/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.68% White, 0.44% Native American, 0.11% Asian, 0.33% from other races, and 1.43% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.10% of the population.
There were 357 households out of which 33.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.7% were married couples living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.4% were non-families. 22.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 2.97.
In the town the population was spread out with 26.5% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 16.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 94.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.5 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $39,722, and the median income for a family was $49,327. Males had a median income of $43,542 versus $22,054 for females. The per capita income for the town was $19,907. About 3.9% of families and 5.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.1% of those under age 18 and 5.7% of those age 65 or over.
Sweetser is part of the Oak Hill School District and home to the Sweetser Elementary school. It is home to three churches of different denominations of Christianity including Sweetser United Methodist Church, Sweetser Wesleyan Church, and Liberty Baptist.
[edit] Government
Sweetser is governed by a five-member town council, all of whom serve at-large and by tradition run as independents.[4] Current council members are President Charles "Chuck" Briede, Vice-President Travis LeMaster, Mary Asher, Steve Kelley and Carl Moorman.[4]
[edit] Athletics
Sweetser is home of the Braves. The Oak Hill youth baseball leagues play their games at Sweetser Elementary, and the facility is currently expanding to three fields. The colors of the Braves are blue and yellow. They are in the Oak Hill District with the Converse Cougars and the Swayzee Kings. Sweetser is the only one of the three to retain their nickname from the days prior to their consolidation, however the school colors have changed to more closely resmeble those of Oak Hill High School.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ a b New Sweetser Town Council Fairly Certain article, Marion Chronicle-Tribune, Marion, Indiana, November 4, 2011, p. C5.
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