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Vincennes
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county seat of Knox County, Indiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Indiana
- County
- Knox
- Township
- Vincennes
- Named after
- François-Marie Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes
- Mayor
- Joe Yochum
- Total
- 7.48 sq mi (19.37 km )
- Land
- 7.41 sq mi (19.19 km )
- Water
- 0.069 sq mi (0.18 km ) 0.94%
- Elevation
- 420 ft (130 m)
- Density
- 2,261.6/sq mi (873.19/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( EDT )
- Area codes
- 812 and 930
- Fips code
- 18-79208
- Website
- www .vincennes .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Named after
- François-Marie Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes
- Official name
- Vincennes
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Knox County
- Population
- 16759
- Area
- 19.372435
- Elevation
- 128
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Capital of
- Knox County
- Official website
- www.vincennes.org
- Image
- George Rogers Clark Memorial at sunset (347eceed-ab75-f700-c881-186aa9af0e42).JPG
- Households
- 7287
- Dialing code
- 812
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Vincennes, Indiana
- twinned administrative body
- Wasserburg am Inn
- Commons category
- Vincennes, Indiana
- topic's main category
- Category:Vincennes, Indiana
- postal code
- 47591
- inception
- 1732-00-00
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Vincennes, Indiana
- different from
- Vincennes
- P8168
- Biebergemünd
- water as percent of area
- 0.9093
- P12749
- Anogeissus latifolia
- per capita income
- 23862
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Vincennes is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Indiana, United States. It is located on the lower Wabash River in the southwestern part of the state, nearly halfway between Evansville and Terre Haute. It was founded in 1732 by French fur traders, including the namesake François-Marie Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes. It is the oldest continually inhabited European settlement in Indiana and was its longest serving territorial capital. It is one of the oldest settlements west of the Appalachians. The population was 16,759 at the 2020 census.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vincennes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.