Bedford, Indiana

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city county seat

Bedford, Indiana is a small city in southern Indiana renowned as a major center of the Indiana limestone industry.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
county seat ⓘ
areaCode 812 ⓘ
930 ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Lawrence County, Indiana ⓘ
distanceToBloomington about 25 miles south ⓘ
distanceToIndianapolis about 70 miles south-southwest ⓘ
elevation approximately 722 feet ⓘ
FIPSCode 18-04338 ⓘ
founded 1825 ⓘ
GNISFeatureID 2394070 ⓘ
governmentType mayor–council government ⓘ
hasHighSchool Bedford North Lawrence High School ⓘ
hasLandmark Downtown Bedford Historic District ⓘ
Lawrence County Courthouse ⓘ
Otis Park and Golf Course ⓘ
hasNewspaper Times-Mail ⓘ
hasNotableStructure limestone buildings and monuments ⓘ
hasPublicLibrary Bedford Public Library ⓘ
hasRiver East Fork White River ⓘ
hostsEvent Limestone Heritage Festival ⓘ
incorporatedAsCity 1889 ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Lawrence County, Indiana ⓘ
knownFor Indiana limestone industry ⓘ
limestone fabrication ⓘ
limestone quarrying ⓘ
locatedInRegion Southern Indiana ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Bloomington, Indiana ⓘ
Hoosier National Forest ⓘ
locatedOn U.S. Route 50 NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorIndustry limestone mining ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
stone cutting ⓘ
namedAfter Bedford, Pennsylvania ⓘ
namedForPerson Gunning Bedford Sr. (indirectly via Bedford, Pennsylvania) ⓘ
nearestLargeCity Indianapolis ⓘ
surface form: Indianapolis, Indiana
nickname Limestone Capital of the World ⓘ
partOfMetropolitanArea Bloomington, Indiana ⓘ
surface form: Bloomington metropolitan area
population approximately 13000 ⓘ
postalCode 47421 ⓘ
region Indiana limestone ⓘ
surface form: Lawrence County limestone belt
servedByAirport Virgil I. Grissom Municipal Airport ⓘ
state Indiana ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lawrence County, Indiana → contains → Bedford, Indiana ⓘ
Lawrence County, Indiana → countySeat → Bedford, Indiana ⓘ
Lawrence County, Indiana → hasCity → Bedford, Indiana ⓘ
Bedford limestone → hasTypeLocality → Bedford, Indiana ⓘ
Indiana limestone → industryCenter → Bedford, Indiana ⓘ
Lawrence County, Indiana → largestCity → Bedford, Indiana ⓘ