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Bluffton
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city in Harrison and Lancaster townships, Wells County, Indiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Indiana
- County
- Wells
- Township
- Harrison , Lancaster
- Type
- Mayor-council government
- Mayor
- Scott Mentzer ( R )
- Total
- 8.52 sq mi (22.06 km )
- Land
- 8.39 sq mi (21.72 km )
- Water
- 0.13 sq mi (0.34 km )
- Elevation
- 807 ft (246 m)
- Density
- 1,229.1/sq mi (474.57/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( EDT )
- Fips code
- 18-06220
- Website
- www .ci .bluffton .in .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Bluffton
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Wells County
- Population
- 10308
- Area
- 21.652912
- Elevation
- 252
- Capital of
- Wells County
- Official website
- www.ci.bluffton.in.us
- Image
- Wells County Courthouse P4020318.jpg
- Households
- 4253
- Dialing code
- 260
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- postal code
- 46714
- Commons category
- Bluffton, Indiana
- water as percent of area
- 1.5393
- per capita income
- 24289
- inception
- 1838-00-00
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Bluffton is a city in and the county seat of Wells County, Indiana, United States. It sits on the banks of the Wabash River in the northeastern part of the state. The population was 10,308 at the 2020 census, up from 9,897 at the 2010 census. Bluffton is nicknamed the "Parlor City" for its history of having some of the first clean paved streets in the area during the time of the Indiana gas boom.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bluffton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.