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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Indiana
- County
- Jackson
- Townships
- Jackson , Redding , Rockford
- Founding and incorporation town
- April 27, 1852
- Founded by
- Meedy Shields
- Named after
- Hezekiah Cook Seymour, Civil Engineer
- Type
- Mayor–council
- Mayor
- Matt Nicholson ( R )
- State senate
- Eric Koch (R)
- State house
- Jim Lucas (R)
- City
- 11.42 sq mi (29.59 km )
- Land
- 12.13 sq mi (31.42 km )
- Water
- 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km )
- Elevation
- 581 ft (177 m)
- Density
- 1,777.8/sq mi (686.41/km )
- Urban
- 21,579
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( EST )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Seymour
- Population
- 21569
- Area
- 29.595223
- Elevation
- 184
- Official website
- www.seymourcity.com
- Image
- Seymour, Indiana - Aerial (39120302040).jpg
- Households
- 7888
- Dialing code
- 812
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- Commons category
- Seymour, Indiana
- postal code
- 47274
- P8168
- Saint-Clément
- water as percent of area
- 0.0409
- per capita income
- 24338
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Seymour is a city in Jackson and Redding Townships, Jackson County, Indiana, United States. It is situated about 62 miles (100 km) south of Indianapolis and 55 miles (89 km) north of Louisville, Kentucky. Its population was 21,569 at the 2020 census.
The city is known as the "Crossroads of Southern Indiana" for its location at the intersection of two major north–south and east–west railroads, which cross each other in the downtown area (and are still operating). The north–south line (the Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad) was built in the 1840s and connected Indianapolis to the Ohio River at Jeffersonville. The east–west line (the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad) was built in the 1850s, connecting Cincinnati with St. Louis. The first settlers arrived at the intersection of these railroads - Seymour - in the spring of 1853. The city is home to Freeman Army Airfield, a historically significant WWII airbase that is now a civilian airport.