Berne (Indiana)

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Berne
Park and clock tower
Park and clock tower
Berne in Adams County
Adams County Indiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Berne Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1852
State : United States
State : Indiana
County : Adams County
Coordinates : 40 ° 39 ′  N , 84 ° 57 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 39 ′  N , 84 ° 57 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 3,999 (as of 2010)
Population density : 741.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 5.39 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of
which 5.39 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 257 m
Postcodes : 46711, 46769
Area code : +1 260
FIPS : 18-04888
GNIS ID : 0430849
Website : www.cityofberne.com

Berne is a city in Adams County in the US state of Indiana . It is located approximately 35 miles south of Fort Wayne .

According to the United States Census Bureau , Berne had 3,999 inhabitants in 2010. The community area was 5.39 km². The population density is 742 inh. / Km².

history

The settlement began in 1852, when German-speaking Mennonites from the Bernese Jura settled in what is now Berne. The opportunities to sell agricultural products were limited due to the lack of transport routes. When the railway companies built more and more lines, the residents of Berne saw their chance. The Hilty brothers made the proposal to the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad to surrender land to the railway company for free in exchange for the construction of a station in Berne. This agreed and the route was inaugurated on Christmas Day 1871. New buildings were built and a post office was opened in Berne in 1872. The good infrastructure manager attracted more settlers from Switzerland, Germany and English-speaking countries. A special feature of the community is the high proportion of Amish , many of whom still use Swiss German as their first or second language.

Demographic data

According to the United States Census 2010 , 3999 people in 1620 households and 1078 families lived here. The population density was 742 inhabitants per km ². The racial the population was composed of 94.12% White, 0.53% African American, 0.13% Native American, 0.55% Asian, and 0.63% from other races. 0.05% were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.0% of the population.

Origin: 30.1% said they were German, 27.4% Swiss, 7.3% American, 6.8% English and 5.4% Irish.

Of the 1,620 households, 29.3% had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 53.4% ​​were married couples living together, 9.9% were single mothers, 3.3% were single fathers, and 33.5% were non-families. 31.3% were made up of single households and 17.5% had people who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.94.

24.1% of the population were under 18 years old, 7% between 18 and 24, 22.4% between 25 and 44, 22.6% between 45 and 64, and 24% were 65 years or older. The median age was 42 years. Of these, 46.1% were men and 53.9% women.

The median income for a household in the 2015 45.897 USD , the average income of families 61,550 USD.

Population development

Census Results - Town of Berne, Indiana
year 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980
Residents 544 1037 1316 1537 1883 2075 2277 2644 2988 3300
year 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060 2070 2080
Residents 3559 4150 3999

Public facilities

  • Stadtpark Clock Tower and Muensterberg Plaza with a replica of the Zytglogge Tower in Bern
  • City park Lehman Park with sports fields
  • City library with 60,000 titles. In the library there is the Heritage Room , in which the history of the city and the history of its inhabitants are presented.
  • Swiss Heritage Village & Museum

Personalities

  • Mary Butcher (born 1927), baseball player
  • Dilley sextuplets (* 1993), first sextuplet birth in the USA in which all newborns survived
  • Bob Dro (1918-2006), Brooklyn Dodgers baseball player
  • Melissa Gillette; held the women's indoor marathon world record from February 26, 2012 to January 6, 2013
  • Lester Habegger (1924–2017), basketball coach
  • Peter Luginbill (1818–1886; actually Luginbühl), one of the city founders of Berne
  • Donald Neuen, Choir Director / Conductor, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Richard R. Schrock (* 1945), received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2005; Honorary doctorate from RWTH Aachen University since 2013
  • Dr. Ernie Steury (1930–2002), missionary doctor and founder of Tenwek Hospital in Kenya

Web links

Commons : Berne (Indiana)  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population 1810-2010 according to census results
  2. ↑ Tower and Park
  3. ^ Website of the city library
  4. ^ Museum of Immigrants from Switzerland