Tag: Bruceville

Bruceville is a town in Washington Township, Knox County, Indiana, United States. The population was 478 at the 2010 census.
Bruceville is located at 38°45′25″N 87°24′54″W / 38.75694°N 87.415°W / 38.75694; -87.415 (38.756984, -87.415001).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.3 square miles (0.78 km), all of it land.
Bruceville was named for the Bruce family. William Bruce (1776–1853) settled here in 1805. Bruce led the local militia during Tecumseh’s War in 1811. The streets of the town were laid out in 1829.
Abraham Lincoln visited Bruceville in October 1844 and gave a speech in support of Henry Clay.
As of the census of 2000, there were 469 people, 199 households, and 141 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,597.2 people per square mile (624.4/km²). There were 221 housing units at an average density of 752.6 per square mile (294.2/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 98.51% White, 0.21% African American, 0.21%…