Anderson City, Madison County, Indiana (IN) 46016

Anderson City

Madison County, Indiana

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Anderson City Hall is located at 120 East 8th Street, Anderson, IN 46016.
Phone: 765‑648‑6075.

Neighborhoods

  • Achors
  • Adams Heights
  • Alhambra Court Condos
  • Alliance Crossing
  • Apple Downs Addition
  • Arlington
  • Avondale
  • Baby Farms
  • Bagleys
  • Ballards
  • Barr Acres
  • Beech Grove
  • Belmont
  • Belvidere
  • Bennetts Heights
  • Bernards
  • Big Four
  • Bilnor Estates
  • Blairs Green Acres
  • Boulevard Heights
  • Bournes
  • Bowmans
  • Brentwood Manor
  • Bridlewood Farms
  • Buckingham Court
  • Byrums
  • Carpenters
  • Charleston Commons
  • Chestnut Park
  • Chipmans
  • Clearview
  • Cloverdale
  • College Park
  • College Park Condos
  • Collingswood Addition
  • Colonial
  • Columbia
  • Columbus Park
  • Cooks
  • Costellos
  • Coughlins
  • Country Club Estates
  • Country Club Heights
  • Country Club View
  • Country Meadows
  • Craycrafts
  • Creedmoor Hills
  • Creedmoor Hills Condos
  • Creedmoor Hills West
  • Creedmoor Knoll
  • Crestlawn
  • Crestwood
  • Darraghs
  • Davis Acres
  • Dayson
  • Deer Creek
  • Del Mar Estates East
  • Devonshire
  • East Edgewood
  • Eastland
  • Eastwood Addition
  • Eastwood Farms
  • Edgewood Hills
  • Edgewood Lake
  • Edgewood Manor
  • Edgewood Place
  • Edgewood Village
  • Elmhurst
  • Emerald Glen
  • Emerald Green
  • Emerald Park
  • Englewood
  • Evalyn
  • Evergreen Court
  • Evergreen Valley
  • Extension Heights
  • Fairfax
  • Fairgrounds
  • Fall Creek Addition
  • Fall Creek Heights
  • Fall Creek Manor
  • Fifers
  • Fletcher Place
  • Forest Hills
  • Forest Manor
  • Fosnots
  • Fox Trace
  • Foxhill
  • Frees Park Place
  • Garveys
  • Glen Ellyn
  • Grandview Terrace
  • Greenbriar Park
  • Greystone Addition
  • Greystone North
  • Hamerson Estates
  • Hamilton
  • Hancocks
  • Harbs
  • Harmeson Heights
  • Harris
  • Hazelwood Addition
  • Hazens
  • Hazletts
  • Heather Heights
  • Helmick
  • Hialeah Park
  • Hickory Heights
  • High Point Place
  • Highland Estates
  • Highland Heights
  • Highland Park
  • Hillcrest
  • Hillside
  • Hillside Heights
  • Hilltop Heights
  • Homestead Manor
  • Homewood Addition
  • Hoppes Valley Grove
  • Howards
  • Indian Meadows
  • Indianola
  • Irondale
  • Isenhours
  • Jackson Park
  • Kelvies
  • Kentwood Manor
  • Killbuck Terrace
  • Kimberly Manor
  • Kinwood
  • L T Stebbings
  • Lake Clearwater
  • Lake Forest Estates
  • Lakewood Hills
  • Lenox
  • Lindberg Estates
  • Lindberg Heights
  • Lindhurst Village
  • Linview
  • Lone Oak Heights
  • Long Acres
  • Longfellow Woods
  • Longfellow Woods Hor Reg
  • Lovetts
  • Lowe Acres
  • Lowmandale
  • Lowmans
  • Madison Court
  • Madison Square
  • Madison View Estates
  • Main Street Addition
  • Maple Crest
  • Maple Grove
  • Matters
  • McGraws
  • Meadow Manor
  • Meadow Woods
  • Meadowbrook
  • Meadowbrook Manor
  • Melody Meadows
  • Mustin Manor
  • Myers
  • Niselys Addition
  • Norburys
  • Norris Heights
  • North Acres
  • North Anderson
  • Northcrest
  • Northern Hills
  • Northridge
  • Northwest Square
  • Norwood Hills
  • Oak Haven
  • Oak Park
  • Oakdale
  • Oakgrove Addition
  • Oakland Heights
  • Otto Addition
  • Owens
  • Panorama Condos
  • Panorama Heights
  • Paradise Colony
  • Paradise Village
  • Paramount Springs
  • Park Hill
  • Park Road Manor
  • Parkwood
  • Peach Place
  • Pences Grove
  • Pine Crest Manor
  • Pipe Creek Farms
  • Pleasant Walk
  • Prosperity Heights
  • Rabourns
  • Raines
  • Raines Place
  • Rangeline Village
  • Rangelne Heights
  • Richland Heights
  • Richland Woods
  • River Park Estates
  • Riverside
  • Riverside Acres
  • Rolling Hills
  • Rose Hill
  • Rosewood
  • Rowland Gardens
  • Royal Acres
  • Ruddell Heights
  • Sagamore
  • Salyers Golden Acres
  • Sarasota Village
  • Scarlet Lakes
  • Scatterfield Heights
  • Scatterfield Village
  • Scots Glen
  • Shadeland
  • Shepherd Heights
  • Sherwood Forest
  • Sleepy Hollow
  • Smithsons
  • South Downs
  • South Edgewood
  • South Edgewood Village
  • South Main Village
  • South Main Village West
  • South Park
  • Southview
  • Spauldings
  • Spring Valley
  • Stiers Addition
  • Stilwells
  • Stoney View
  • Sun Valley
  • Sunset Gardens
  • Tara Heights
  • Tara Lynn Village
  • Terrance Grey Addition
  • Toll Gate Manor
  • University Heights
  • Vanbuskirk Heights
  • Vasbinders
  • Vermillion Heights
  • Vickers
  • Victory Gardens
  • Walnut Grove
  • Walnut Hills
  • Wantland Manor
  • West Glen Meadows
  • West Meadowbrook
  • Western Hills
  • Western Village
  • Westwood Addition
  • Wheelocks
  • White Oaks
  • White River Estates
  • Wind Ridge
  • Wisteria
  • Woodcrest
  • Wooded Ridge
  • Woodland Hills
  • Woodlawn
  • Woodscliff
  • Woodsdale
  • Zions

Beginnings [1]

Native American peoples lived in the Anderson/Madison County area at least intermittently for many centuries, building mysterious mounds along the White River. Ten of these earthworks, built by Indians of the Hopewell and Adena cultures shortly after 500 A.D., remain in Mounds State Park. Continuous occupancy of the future City site began with the Lenni Lenape or Delaware Indians, the residents of this area before the first European settlers arrived. Principal chief of the Delaware was Kikthawenund who, according to one story, was converted to Christianity by a missionary named William Anderson. Adopting the missionary's name, he was known as Chief or Captain Anderson. His village, on the west bluffs of the White River, was referred to as Anderson's Town. He lived in a double log cabin near what is now Eighth Street and Central Avenue. An Indian burial ground was located near the present St. Mary's Church and another at the north end of the present City Hall. The last of the Indians left Madison County, pursuant to the provisions of the Treaty of St. Mary's, in 1821. Anderson was platted on the site of the former Indian village in 1823 by John Berry, one of the first settlers in the community. To stimulate development, he dedicated land for public buildings, including a courthouse. This enabled the town to become the first declared seat of Madison County government on May 21, 1827.

In 1838 the construction of the Central Canal, a branch of the Wabash and Erie Canal, started a modest burst of population growth. The "Town of Andersontown" was first incorporated in 1839 with a population of 350. Within seven years, the town name was changed to "Anderson." The boomlet broke when the canal was abandoned in 1839. Remnants of a secondary hydraulic canal are visible along the north side of White River east of Scatterfield Road. Anderson was incorporated again as a town in 1849 and 1853, and finally as a city in 1865.

Anderson developed as a significant rail transportation hub after 1852, with the arrival of the Indianapolis Bellefontaine Railroad, and other later rail lines. This contributed greatly to the development of the City as an industrial center.

Real growth began in 1887 with the discovery of a natural gas field underlying east central Indiana. The abundance of an inexpensive fuel supply attracted major industrial development and resulting population and commercial growth. Between 1880 and 1910 the City's population grew from 4,126 to 22,476. Growth trends began to slow again when the gas deposits began to run dry in 1912. Many of the factories dependent on cheap fuel closed, but the Philadelphia Quartz Works (now known as the PQ Corporation) relocated to Anderson in 1889 and is still in operation in the City. Other contemporary reminders of this period are also evident today along historic West 8th Street, where numerous large homes reflect the prosperity of the period.

As the supply of natural gas diminished, a new developmental force began impacting economic growth in Anderson. Between 1905 and 1918, as many as 12 different makes of automobiles were manufactured in the City. This role ended as Detroit became the nation's automotive capital. The future of Anderson was not in the manufacture of automobiles, but rather in the production of parts for them.

In 1896, two brothers formed the Remy Electric Company in Anderson. They invented an ignition system for the automobile that was a major technological advancement for the time. In 1918 the General Motors Corporation bought out the Remy Company and combined it with some of their other electrical businesses to establish the Delco Remy division, headquartered in Anderson. The City soon became one of the leading electromechanical technology centers in the world. All General Motors ignitions were manufactured here, and another division located in Anderson (Guide Lamp), produced most of the lighting systems for GM vehicles. For almost the next 60 years, Anderson's economic health would be tied to General Motors and automotive parts manufacturing.

  1. City of Anderson, Indiana, History of Anderson, Comprehensive Plan, 2005, www.cityofanderson.com, accessed September, 2012.

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