Greensburg, Indiana

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Greensburg is a city in Decatur County, Indiana, United States. The population was 10,260 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Decatur County^{[Geographic references#6GR6]}. Greensburg has recently been selected as the future site of a Honda automotive assembly plant, which will employ about 2,000 workers when it opens in 2008.

Contents

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Government
4 Education
5 Transportation
6 Media
7 External links

Geography

Greensburg is located at [39°20′25″N, 85°29′1″W] (39.340315, -85.483702)^{[Geographic references#1GR1]}.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.5 km² (4.8 mi²). 12.4 km² (4.8 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (0.83%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census^{[Geographic references#2GR2]} of 2000, there were 10,260 people, 4,178 households, and 2,778 families residing in the city. The population density was 827.0/km² (2,140.4/mi²). There were 4,420 housing units at an average density of 356.3/km² (922.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.57% White, 0.08% African American, 0.16% Native American, 1.39% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.10% from other races, and 0.69% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.62% of the population.

Greensburg from the air, looking north.

There were 4,178 households out of which 31.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.7% were married couples living together, 12.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.5% were non-families. 28.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.92.

In the city the population 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. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 91.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $38,029, and the median income for a family was $45,439. Males had a median income of $31,662 versus $24,605 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,829. About 8.0% of families and 11.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.2% of those under age 18 and 12.1% of those age 65 or over.

Government

Greensburg is an incorporated city that is governed by a Mayor and a five member City Council. Greensburg's Mayor, Frank Manus, was first elected in November 1995. He was narrowly defeated in his bid for re-election in 1999, but was elected to a second term by a wide margin in 2003. Four of the five City Council members are elected from separate districts within the city, while the fifth member is an at-large member who is elected by the entire community. The Mayor, the City Council, and the City's Clerk-Treasurer serve four year terms. Municipal elections are held in November of the year immediately preceding a Presidential election.

Education

Greensburg is located in the Greensburg Community School Corporation. The school district has three buildings. 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, is home to appoximately 470 students in grades 6-8. Greensburg Community High School has about 650 students in grades 9-12. The high school opened in 1971 and underwent major renovations in the early 2000s. 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 School, which is a Pre-K through 6th grade facility.

In 2004, the Greensburg Community Learning Center opened in the former Rosenmund Elementary School, which was one of three primary schools that were closed when Greensburg Elementary School opened that year. Nearly 250 students attend a variety of post-secondary school classes at the Learning Center.

Transportation

Greensburg is located adjacent to Interstate 74 halfway between Indianapolis and Cincinnati. U.S. Highway 421 links Greensburg with Indianapolis to the north and Lexington, Kentucky to the south. State Road 3 connects Greensburg with Muncie and Fort Wayne to the north and the Indiana suburbs of Louisville, Kentucky to the south. State Road 46 links the community with Columbus, Bloomington, and Terre Haute to the west and Batesville to the east.

Greensburg is a likely train stop on the proposed high speed rail line between Indianapolis and Cincinnati. This line is part of the Midwest Regional Rail Initiative, which is the master plan for a high speed rail network throughout the midwestern United States.

The Greensburg-Decatur County Airport consists of a single runway measuring 3343 ft. by 40 ft. There are tentative plans to either expand the current runway or built a new airport elsewhere in Decatur County.

Indianapolis International Airport is located 55 miles from Greensburg, and Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport is located 70 miles from Greensburg.

Media

Greensburg has one newspaper, the Greensburg Daily News, which is published Mondays through Saturdays. The paper is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. Greensburg also has one radio station, WTRE (1330 AM), a 500 watt AM station that plays country music, local news and local sports from area high schools. During the 1970s, David Letterman worked as a summer intern at WTRE when he was a college student at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. At the time, WTRE was a rock and roll station.

External links

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