Official Name: | Kent, Indiana |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Indiana#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Kent |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Jefferson |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Republican |
Area Total Km2: | 0.18 |
Area Land Km2: | 0.18 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 90 |
Population Density Km2: | 512.58 |
Coordinates: | 38.7375°N -85.5392°W |
Elevation Ft: | 719 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 47250 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-39510[1] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2587020 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.07 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.07 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 1323.53 |
Kent is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Republican Township, Jefferson County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 70.[3]
Kent was platted in 1853.[4] It was named for James Kent, a New York jurist.[5] The Kent post office was discontinued in 1965.[6]
Kent is located in western Jefferson County in the northeast part of Republican Township. Indiana State Road 256 passes through the community, leading east 8miles to Madison, the county seat, and west to Austin.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Kent CDP has an area of 0.27sqkm, all of it recorded as land. The community sits on the east side of Little Creek, a north-flowing tributary of Big Creek, a major northwest-flowing tributary of the Muscatatuck River, which is part of the White River watershed.