Milan (pronounced /ˈmaɪlən/) is a town in Franklin and Washington townships, Ripley County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,816 at the 2000 census.
The town's name is pronounced differently from the English name for the Italian city of the same name: listen.
Its high school, Milan High School, won the Indiana state basketball championship in 1954 against Muncie Central High School, a school ten times its size. The 1986 movie Hoosiers is loosely based on the story of this team. [3]
While it is often claimed that Milan is the subject of a volume of poetry entitled "Pop. 359" written in 1941 by Carl Wilson under the pseudonym of Tramp Starr, that book is actually about the nearby town of Moores Hill.[4]
Geography
Milan is located at 39°7′22″N 85°7′50″W / 39.12278°N 85.13056°W / 39.12278; -85.13056 (39.122730, -85.130653)[5].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.9 square miles (5.0 km²), of which, 1.9 square miles (4.9 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (1.55%) is water.
Demographics
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 1,816 people, 693 households, and 460 families residing in the town. The population density was 955.2 people per square mile (369.0/km²). There were 768 housing units at an average density of 404.0/sq mi (156.1/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 98.51% White, 0.22% African American, 0.28% Native American, 0.33% Asian, and 0.66% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.50% of the population.
There were 693 households out of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.5% were married couples living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.6% were non-families. 28.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.13.
In the town the population was spread out with 27.1% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 18.8% from 45 to 64, and 17.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 91.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.4 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $36,066, and the median income for a family was $41,435. Males had a median income of $31,512 versus $22,244 for females. The per capita income for the town was $16,191. About 7.9% of families and 9.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.4% of those under age 18 and 9.0% of those age 65 or over.
Education
Milan Community School Corporation is made up of three schools - Milan Elementary, Middle, and High schools. The corporation was a 2006 Indiana Department of Education Exemplary Progress School Corporation.
Sports
-1954: the Milan High School basketball team beat Muncie Central for the state title.
References
- ^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "‘Hoosiers’-style celebration". The Herald Bulletin. http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/peopleandplaces/local_story_152195421.html?keyword=secondarystory. Retrieved 2006-06-02.
- ^ Starr, Tramp (1941). Pop. 359. Moore-Langen.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2005-05-03. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
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