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Anderson

city and county seat of Madison County, Indiana, United States
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Summary

Anderson is a city in the United States[1]. Anderson ranks in the top 6% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,029 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Madison County[3], Indianapolis metropolitan area[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Instance of: county seat[6]
  • Twinned administrative body: Bernburg[7]
  • Postal code: 46011[8], 46012[9], 46013[10], 46014[11], 46015[12], 46016[13], 46017[14], 46018[15]
  • Commons category: Anderson, Indiana[16]
  • Local dialing code: 765[17]
  • Official website: http://www.cityofanderson.com/[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Anderson, Indiana[19]
  • Population: 56,129[20], 54,788[21]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Anderson, Indiana[22]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24], The New Student's Reference Work[25]
  • Capital of: Madison County[26]
  • Official name: Anderson[27]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Anderson, Indiana[28]
  • Number of households: 23,312[29]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Anderson, Indiana[30]
  • Different from: Anderson[31]
  • Elevation above sea level: 268 m[32]
  • Area: 110.772099 km²[33], 107.432833 km²[34]
  • Water as percent of area: 0.2624 percent[35]
  • Territory overlaps: Anderson urban area[36]
  • Located in the statistical territorial entity: Indianapolis metropolitan area[37]
  • Per capita income: 22,971 US dollars[38]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Anderson include Anderson Regional Airport (IN)[39], an airport[40], in United States[41].

Why It Matters

Anderson has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Anderson is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Entities named for Anderson include Anderson Regional Airport (IN)[39], an airport[40], in United States[41].

Related Entities

Anderson University Jude Milhon United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . 2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Pelikana · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the statistical territorial entity → Indianapolis metropolitan area
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Madison County, Indianapolis metropolitan area
    Per capita income → {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+22971'}
    Topic's main category → Category:Anderson, Indiana
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Image: Anderson-indiana-from-above.jpg"
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