Editing Cumberland, Indiana

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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Cumberland, Indiana
| official_name      = 
| settlement_type    = [[Town]]
| nickname           = 
| image_skyline      = Colmar and Wayburn in Cumberland.jpg
| imagesize          = 250px
| image_caption      = A residential neighborhood in northern Cumberland
| image_seal         = CumberlandINseal.png
| image_map          = File:Hancock County and Marion County Indiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Cumberland Highlighted 1816336.svg
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Location in Hancock County and Marion County, Indiana
| image_map1         = 
| mapsize1           = 
| map_caption1       = 
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = {{USA}}
| area_note          = 
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = {{flag|Indiana}}
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Indiana|Counties]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Hancock County, Indiana|Hancock]], [[Marion County, Indiana|Marion]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[List of townships in Indiana|Townships]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Buck Creek Township, Hancock County, Indiana|Buck Creek]], [[Sugar Creek Township, Hancock County, Indiana|Sugar Creek]], [[Warren Township, Marion County, Indiana|Warren]]
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = 
| leader_name        = 
| established_title  = Founded
| established_date   = July 7, 1831
| established_title1 = Incorporated
| established_date1  = 1951
| established_title2 = Consolidated with Unigov
| established_date2  = 1970
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022">{{cite web |title=2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Indiana |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2022_Gazetteer/2022_gaz_place_18.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=April 14, 2023}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 7.30
| area_land_km2      = 7.28
| area_water_km2     = 0.02
| area_total_sq_mi   = 2.82
| area_land_sq_mi    = 2.81
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.01
| population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US1816336&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=P1. Race – Cumberland town, Indiana: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=April 14, 2023}}</ref>
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_total   = 5954
| population_est     = 
| pop_est_as_of      = 
| pop_est_footnotes  = 
| population_density_sq_mi = 2118.11
| population_density_km2 = 817.93
| timezone           = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
| utc_offset         = -5
| timezone_DST       = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
| utc_offset_DST     = -4
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft       = 833
| coordinates        = {{coord|39|47|04|N|85|56|45|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 46229
| area_code          = [[Area code 317|317]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 18-16336<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 2396672<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2396672}}</ref>
| footnotes          = 
| website            = {{URL|www.town.cumberland.in.us}}
}}
'''Cumberland''' is a town in [[Hancock County, Indiana|Hancock]] and [[Marion County, Indiana|Marion]] counties, [[Indiana]], United States. The population was estimated to be at 6,419 as of the 2023 census<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 19, 2024 |title=Cumberland Indiana Quick Facts |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/cumberlandtownindiana/HCN010217 |website=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref> up from 5,169 in [[2010 United States census|2010]].

==History==
Cumberland is named after the [[Cumberland, Maryland|city in Maryland]] and was platted on July 7, 1831<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Cumberland, IN |url=https://www.town.cumberland.in.us/about/.php |access-date=2025-04-23 |website=www.town.cumberland.in.us |language=en}}</ref> when the Cumberland Road (also known as the [[National Road]]) was extended to that point.<ref>{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SXB5AAAAMAAJ|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=107|quote=...and named for the Cumberland Road, on which it was located.}}</ref><ref name="BodenhamerBarrows1994">{{cite book|last1=Bodenhamer|first1=David J.|last2=Barrows|first2=Robert G.|title=The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bg13QcMSsq8C&pg=PA133|date=November 22, 1994|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=0-253-11249-4|page=133}}</ref> Cumberland contained a post office from 1834 until it was discontinued in 1958.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Marion&searchtext=&pagenum=2 |title=Marion County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |access-date=January 18, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118114401/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Marion&searchtext=&pagenum=2 |archive-date=January 18, 2015 }}</ref> Cumberland was officially incorporated as a town in 1951.<ref name=":0" /> Since 1970, the Marion County portion of Cumberland has been subject to [[Unigov]] as an included town.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|editor1-last=Bodenhamer|editor1-first=David|editor2-last=Barrows|editor2-first=Robert|title=The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis|year=1994|publisher=Indiana University Press|location=Bloomington & Indianapolis|pages=486}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/indiana/Historic-church-at-heart-of-Unigov-fight-5324667|work=The Journal Gazette|title=Historic church at heart of Unigov fight|date=March 16, 2016|access-date=July 13, 2017|archive-date=December 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231155436/http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/indiana/Historic-church-at-heart-of-Unigov-fight-5324667|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Geography==
The center of Cumberland is in eastern Marion County, but the town limits extend east and north into western Hancock County, so that the majority of the town's area is now in Hancock County. [[U.S. Route 40]], following the route of the [[National Road]], is the main road through the community, leading west {{convert|10|mi|0}} to [[downtown Indianapolis]] and east the same distance to [[Greenfield, Indiana|Greenfield]], the Hancock [[county seat]].

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|2.82|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|0.01|sqmi}}, or 0.35%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/> Buck Creek crosses the town, flowing south to join [[Sugar Creek (Driftwood River tributary)|Sugar Creek]] near [[London, Indiana|London]]. The town is part of the watershed of the East Branch of the [[White River (Indiana)|White River]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 299
|1960= 872
|1970= 1478
|1980= 3375
|1990= 4557
|2000= 5500
|2010= 5169
|2020= 5954
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 11, 2012}}</ref> of 2010, there were 5,169 people, 1,972 households, and 1,422 families living in the town. The [[population density]] was {{convert|2509.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 2,233 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1084.0|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the town was 77.0% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 16.8% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.6% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.9% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2.3% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 2.3% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 5.3% of the population.

There were 1,972 households, of which 36.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 16.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 27.9% were non-families. 23.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.05.

The median age in the town was 38.4 years. 27.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24% were from 25 to 44; 29.3% were from 45 to 64; and 11.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 48.1% male and 51.9% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 5,500 people, 2,030 households, and 1,565 families living in the town. The population density was {{convert|2,907.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 2,190 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,157.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 85.20% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 10.56% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.22% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.76% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.04% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.75% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.47% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.45% of the population.

There were 2,030 households, out of which 40.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.9% were non-families. 19.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 30.0% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 24.4% from 45 to 64, and 8.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.1 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $57,875, and the median income for a family was $61,739. Males had a median income of $48,750 versus $28,239 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $24,746. About 5.0% of families and 6.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 12.2% of those under age 18 and 1.5% of those age 65 or over.

==See also==
*[[List of Indianapolis neighborhoods]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|www.town.cumberland.in.us}}

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