Azalia, Indiana
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Azalia is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in Sand Creek Township,
Bartholomew County Bartholomew County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 82,208 at the 2020 census. The county seat is Columbus. The county was determined by the U.S. Census Bureau to be home to the mean center of U.S. populat ...
, in the
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of
Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...
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History

Officially platted on April 1, 1831, a post office was established at Azalia in 1833 and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1934. It was named for the flowering shrub
azalea Azaleas ( ) are flowering shrubs in the genus ''Rhododendron'', particularly the former sections ''Rhododendron sect. Tsutsusi, Tsutsusi'' (evergreen) and ''Pentanthera'' (deciduous). Azaleas bloom in the spring (April and May in the temperate ...
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Demographics

Azalia last appeared in the U.S. Census as a separately-returned community in 1870, when it had a reported population of 91 residents. The
United States Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau, officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the Federal statistical system, U.S. federal statistical system, responsible for producing data about the American people and American economy, econ ...
delineated Azalia as a
census designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
in the 2022
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Notable people

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Mary Chawner Woody ''For the American nurse, hospital administrator, and university professor, see Mary Woody.'' Mary Chawner Woody (December 22, 1846 – December 25, 1928) was an American Quakers, Quaker minister, educator, and Temperance movement in the United S ...
(1846–1928), philanthropist and educator


References

Unincorporated communities in Bartholomew County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana {{BartholomewCountyIN-geo-stub