Willow Branch, Indiana

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Willow Branch, Indiana
Unincorporated community and Census-designated place
Willow Branch is located in Indiana
Willow Branch
Willow Branch
Willow Branch is located in the United States
Willow Branch
Willow Branch
Coordinates: 39°52′34″N 85°41′04″W / 39.87611°N 85.68444°W / 39.87611; -85.68444
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyHancock
TownshipBrown
Elevation
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938 ft (286 m)
ZIP code
46186
FIPS code18-84482[2]
GNIS feature ID2830403[1]

Willow Branch is an unincorporated community in Brown Township, Hancock County, Indiana.

History

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The first store in Willow Branch was established in 1874. The community took its name from the stream upon which it is located, the Willow Branch creek.[3]

Willow Branch was platted as a town in 1882.[4]

Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2023 (est.)129[5]

The United States Census Bureau defined Willow Branch as a census designated place in the 2022 American Community Survey.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Willow Branch, Indiana
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ Binford, John H. (1882). History of Hancock County, Indiana: From Its Earliest Settlement by the "pale Face," in 1818, Down to 1882. King & Binford. pp. 100.
  4. ^ Richman, George J. (1916). History of Hancock County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions. Wm. Mitchell Printing Company. pp. 542.
  5. ^ "B03002 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – Willow Branch CDP – 2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". U.S. Census Bureau. July 1, 2023. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  6. ^ "2022 Geography Changes". United States Census Bureau.


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