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Indianapolis
City
City of Indianapolis

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Nickname(s): Indy, The Circle City, Naptown, The Crossroads of America, The Racing Capital of the World, Amateur Sports Capital of the World, Railroad City, Capital City
Location in the state of Indiana
Coordinates: 39°46′5.88″N 86°9′29.52″W / 39.7683000°N 86.1582000°W / 39.7683000; -86.1582000Coordinates: 39°46′5.88″N 86°9′29.52″W / 39.7683000°N 86.1582000°W / 39.7683000; -86.1582000
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Marion
Founded	1821
Government
• Type	Mayor-council
• Mayor	Gregory A. Ballard (R)
• Governing body	City-County Council
Area
• City	372 sq mi (963.5 km²)
• Land	365.1 sq mi (945.6 km²)
• Water	6.9 sq mi (17.9 km²)
Elevation	715 ft (218 m)
Population (2010)^[1]
• City	820,445 (14th)
• Density	2,273/sq mi (861/km²)
• Urban	1,487,483
• Metro	1,756,241 (33rd)
• Demonyms	Indianapolitan Indypolitan
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	46201-46298
Area code(s)	317
FIPS code	18-36003^[2]
Website	http://www.indy.gov

Indianapolis is the capital city and largest city in the state of Indiana, in the United States. In the 2000 census, it had more than 790,000 people living in it, making it one of the 15 largest cities in the country. It is the home of the Indianapolis Colts football team and the Indiana Pacers basketball team. Each May, the city hosts the "Indianapolis 500" car race.

Media[change | change source]

Indianapolis Stations:

WFYI (PBS)
WTHR (NBC)

References[change | change source]

↑ "American FactFinder". US Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2015-01-08. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Marion County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Indianapolis
Excluded cities (Unigov)	Beech Grove Indianapolis (balance) Lawrence Southport
Excluded town (Unigov)	Speedway
Townships	Center Decatur Franklin Lawrence Perry Pike Warren Washington Wayne
Included towns (Unigov)	Clermont Crows Nest Cumberland‡ Homecroft Meridian Hills North Crows Nest Rocky Ripple Spring Hill Warren Park Williams Creek Wynnedale
Footnotes	‡ Part of Cumberland is in Hancock County. Only the portion in Marion County is subject to Unigov as an included town.

Capitals of the United States by jurisdiction

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50 most populous cities of the United States

v t e Indianapolis metropolitan area
Core cities	Indianapolis (balance) Carmel Anderson
Municipalities with population over 20,000 (in 2010)	Brownsburg Fishers Franklin Greenfield Greenwood Lawrence Noblesville Plainfield Westfield Zionsville
Municipalities with population of 20,000–1,000 (in 2010)	Alexandria Arcadia Avon Bargersville Beech Grove Brooklyn Cicero Chesterfield‡ Clayton Clermont Cloverdale Cumberland Danville Edgewood Edinburgh‡ Elwood‡ Fortville Frankton Greencastle Ingalls Lapel Lebanon Martinsville McCordsville Meridian Hills Monrovia Mooresville Morristown Nashville New Palestine New Whiteland Pendleton Pittsboro Princes Lakes Shelbyville Sheridan Speedway Southport St. Paul‡ Thorntown Trafalgar Warren Park Whiteland Whitestown
Municipalities with population under 1,000 (in 2010)	Advance Amo Atlanta Bainbridge Bethany Coatesville Country Club Heights Crows Nest Fairland Fillmore Homecroft Jamestown Lizton Markleville Morgantown North Crows Nest North Salem Orestes Paragon Roachdale River Forest Rocky Ripple Russellville Shirley‡ Spring Hill Spring Lake Stilesville Summitville Ulen Wilkinson Williams Creek Woodlawn Heights Wynnedale
Census-designated places	Cordry Sweetwater Lakes Heritage Lake Painted Hills Van Bibber Lake
Counties	Boone Brown Hamilton Hancock Hendricks Johnson Madison Marion Morgan Putnam Shelby
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in counties outside of the MSA

v t e State of Indiana
Indianapolis (capital)
Topics	Index Geography Government Governor (List) Congressional districts (Delegations) History City nicknames National Historic Landmarks State parks Symbols Transportation Tourist attractions Index of Indiana-related articles Outline	Seal of Indiana
Society	Hoosiers Culture Crime Demographics Economy Education Ghostlore Politics Party strength Sports
Regions	Central Indiana East Central Indiana Wabash Valley Northern Indiana Northeast Indiana Northwest Indiana Michiana Southern Indiana Indiana Uplands Kentuckiana Southwestern Indiana
Largest cities	Anderson Bloomington Carmel Columbus Elkhart Evansville Fishers Fort Wayne Gary Goshen Greenwood Hammond Indianapolis Jeffersonville Kokomo Lafayette Lawrence Michigan City Mishawaka Muncie New Albany Noblesville Portage Richmond South Bend Terre Haute Valparaiso Westfield
Largest towns	Clarksville Highland Merrillville Munster Plainfield Schererville
Counties	Adams Allen Bartholomew Benton Blackford Boone Brown Carroll Cass Clark Clay Clinton Crawford Daviess Dearborn Decatur DeKalb Delaware Dubois Elkhart Fayette Floyd Fountain Franklin Fulton Gibson Grant Greene Hamilton Hancock Harrison Hendricks Henry Howard Huntington Jackson Jasper Jay Jefferson Jennings Johnson Knox Kosciusko LaGrange Lake LaPorte Lawrence Madison Marion Marshall Martin Miami Monroe Montgomery Morgan Newton Noble Ohio Orange Owen Parke Perry Pike Porter Posey Pulaski Putnam Randolph Ripley Rush Saint Joseph Scott Shelby Spencer Starke Steuben Sullivan Switzerland Tippecanoe Tipton Union Vanderburgh Vermillion Vigo Wabash Warren Warrick Washington Wayne Wells White Whitley

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