Kent, Jefferson County, Indiana

Census-designated place in Indiana, United States

Kent, Indiana

Census-designated place

Kent

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Coordinates: 38°44′15″N 85°32′21″W﻿ / ﻿38.73750°N 85.53917°W﻿ / 38.73750; -85.53917
Country| United States
State| Indiana
County| Jefferson
Township| Republican
Area

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• Total

| 0.07 sq mi (0.18 km2)
• Land| 0.07 sq mi (0.18 km2)
• Water| 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation

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| 719 ft (219 m)
Population

(2020)

• Total

| 90
• Density| 1,323.53/sq mi (512.58/km2)
ZIP code|

47250

FIPS code| 18-39510[3]
GNIS feature ID| 2587020[2]

Kent is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Republican Township, Jefferson County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 70.[4]

## History

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Kent was platted in 1853.[5] It was named for James Kent, a New York jurist.[6] The Kent post office was discontinued in 1965.[7]

## Geography

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Kent is located in western Jefferson County in the northeast part of Republican Township. Indiana State Road 256 passes through the community, leading east 8 miles (13 km) to Madison, the county seat, and west 14 miles (23 km) to Austin.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Kent CDP has an area of 0.10 square miles (0.27 km2), all of it recorded as land. The community sits on the east side of Little Creek, a north-flowing tributary of Big Creek, a major northwest-flowing tributary of the Muscatatuck River, which is part of the White River watershed.

## Demographics

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Historical population Census| Pop.| Note| %±

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2020| 90| | —
U.S. Decennial Census[8]

## References

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1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kent, Jefferson County, Indiana
3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
4. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Kent CDP, Indiana". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
5. ^ Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the Counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott, and Washington, Indiana. Chicago Printing Company. 1889. p. 202.
6. ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 183. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. "The village was platted...on April 9, 1853."
7. ^ "Jefferson County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
8. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

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Municipalities and communities of Jefferson County, Indiana, United States

County seat: Madison

City|

* Madison

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Towns|

* Brooksburg
* Dupont
* Hanover

Townships|

* Graham
* Hanover
* Lancaster
* Madison
* Milton
* Monroe
* Republican
* Saluda
* Shelby
* Smyrna

CDPs|

* Canaan
* Deputy
* Kent

Other
communities|

* Barbersville
* Belleview
* Bryantsburg
* Chelsea
* China
* Hanover Beach
* Lancaster
* Manville
* Middlefork
* North Madison
* Paris‡
* Paynesville
* Saluda
* Smyrna
* Swanville
* Volga
* Wirt

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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