Bedford

Also known as Bedford, Indiana, Bedford, IN, Bedford Indiana

city in Lawrence County, Indiana, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Indiana
County: Lawrence
Township: Shawswick
Type: Mayor-Council
Mayor: Sam Craig ( R )
Total: 12.21 sq mi (31.62 km )
Land: 12.21 sq mi (31.62 km )
Water: 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
Elevation: 699 ft (213 m)
Density: 1,129.6/sq mi (436.13/km )
Time zone: UTC−5 ( Eastern )
Summer dst: UTC−4 ( Eastern )
Area codes: 812 and 930
Fips code: 18-04114
Website: bedford .in .gov

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: city in the United States
Named after: Bedford County
Official name: Bedford
Country: United States
Located in: Lawrence County
Population: 13792
Area: 31.497783
Elevation: 209
Capital of: Lawrence County
Official website: www.bedford.in.us
Image: St. Vincent de Paul in Bedford, front and southern side horizontal.jpg
Households: 6049
Dialing code: 812

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postal code: 47421
category of associated people: Category:People from Bedford, Indiana
Commons category: Bedford, Indiana
topic's main category: Category:Bedford, Indiana
inception: 1864-00-00
P8168: TGB
water as percent of area: 0
different from: Bedford
per capita income: 25605

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Encyclopedic overview

Bedford, Indiana postcard. 1909 A panoramic photograph of Bedford, Indiana's downtown, specifically the Courthouse Square in Lawrence County. Bedford is a city in Shawswick Township and the county seat of Lawrence County, Indiana, United States. In the 2020 census, the population was 13,792. That is up from 13,413 in 2010. Bedford is the principal city of the Bedford, IN Micropolitan Statistical Area, which comprises all of Lawrence County.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bedford” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.