Terre Haute, Indiana

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city county seat

Terre Haute, Indiana is a mid-sized city in western Indiana known historically as a regional industrial and transportation hub along major rail and river routes.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States 5
Terre Haute 1
Terre Haute metropolitan area 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
county seat ⓘ
areaCode 812 ⓘ
930 ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Vigo County, Indiana ⓘ
distanceTo about 75 miles west of Indianapolis ⓘ
economicHistory manufacturing and coal mining ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 152 meters ⓘ
about 499 feet ⓘ
founded early 19th century ⓘ
governmentType mayor–council government ⓘ
hasAirport Terre Haute Regional Airport ⓘ
hasCollege Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College ⓘ
hasCorrectionalFacilityNearby United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute ⓘ
hasMuseum Candles Holocaust Museum and Education Center ⓘ
Swope Art Museum ⓘ
hasUniversity Indiana State University ⓘ
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology ⓘ
incorporatedAsCity 1853 ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Vigo County, Indiana ⓘ
knownFor historical industrial center ⓘ
transportation hub for rail and river traffic ⓘ
latitude approximately 39.4667° N ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanArea Terre Haute, Indiana self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Terre Haute metropolitan area
locatedInRegion western Indiana ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone America/Indiana/Indianapolis ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Wabash River ⓘ
locatedOnTransportRoute Interstate 70 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 41 NERFINISHED ⓘ
near U.S. Route 40 (National Road) ⓘ
longitude approximately 87.4139° W ⓘ
majorRiver Wabash River ⓘ
nameMeaning "high land" in French ⓘ
nearestStateBorder Illinois ⓘ
population about 58,000 (2020 census) ⓘ
postalCode 47801 ⓘ
47802 ⓘ
47803 ⓘ
47804 ⓘ
47805 ⓘ
region Wabash Valley ⓘ
sportsTeam Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball ⓘ
surface form: Indiana State Sycamores
state Indiana ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
transportationHistory major railroad junction in the 19th and 20th centuries ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Birch Bayh → birthPlace → Terre Haute, Indiana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Terre Haute, Indiana, United States
Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball → city → Terre Haute, Indiana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Terre Haute
Indiana State University → locatedIn → Terre Haute, Indiana ⓘ
Terre Haute, Indiana → locatedInMetropolitanArea → Terre Haute, Indiana self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Terre Haute metropolitan area
Eugene V. Debs → placeOfBirth → Terre Haute, Indiana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Terre Haute, Indiana, United States
Terry Dischinger → placeOfBirth → Terre Haute, Indiana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Terre Haute, Indiana, United States
Theodore Dreiser → placeOfBirth → Terre Haute, Indiana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Terre Haute, Indiana, United States
Timothy McVeigh → placeOfDeath → Terre Haute, Indiana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Terre Haute, Indiana, United States