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POLK'S INDIANAPOLIS (MARION COUNTY, IND.)
CITY DIRECTORY Vol. 1936 LXXXII
Including Beech Grove, Broad Ripple, Speedway City, University Heights and Woodruff Place
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Pri- vate Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide and Much Information of a Miscellaneous Character; also a
BUYERS' GUIDE and a Complete
Classified Business Directory
FOR DETAILED CONTENTS SEE GENERAL INDEX
The
PRICE
DIRECTORY IS THE COMMON INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN BUYER AND SELLER"
$30.00
R. L. POLK & CO., Publishers 322 BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING, INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
DIRECTORY LIBRARY FOR FREE USE OF PUBLIC AT 322 BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING
Member Association of North American Directory Publishers
Copyright, 1936, by R. L. Polk & Co.
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PUBLISHERS NOTE
The information in this Directory is gathered by an actual canvass and is compiled in a way to insure maximum accuracy.
The publishers cannot and do not guarantee the cor- rectness of all information furnished them nor the complete absence of errors or omissions, hence no responsibility for same can be or is assumed.
The publishers earnestly request the bringing to their attention of any inaccuracy so that it may be corrected in the next edition of the directory.
R. L. POLK & CO., Publishers
GENERAL INDEX
R 917,7252 1936
Page
Abbreviations
224
Advertising Department
101
Alphabetical List of Names.
225
Apartment Buildings
2067
Associations and Clubs-Commercial.
2071
Bands and Orchestras ..
2080
Banks and Trust Companies
2080
Beech Grove Officers. .
36
Board of School Commissioners
34
Buildings-Office and Public.
2090
Bus and Coach Lines-Motor.
2091
Buyers' Guide.
101
Cemeteries
2092
Churches
2094 33
City Officials
2065
Clergymen
2097
Clubs
2100
Consuls-Foreign
2103
Convents
2106
County Officers
36
Courts
43
Federal Officers
39
Fire Department
34
Fraternities and Sororities
2118
General Directory
225
Golf Clubs and Courses.
2124
Halls
2129
Homes and Asylums.
2131
Hospitals and Dispensaries
2131
Householders' Directory
1641
Incorporated Companies
2133
Indiana State Government
37
Labor Organizations
2149
Legal Blue Book
opp
2152
Libraries
2155
Military
43
Miscellaneous Information
14
Museums
2164
Names Received Too Late For Regular Insertion .
44
Newspapers
2165
Parks and Playgrounds
2173
Police Department
B42069
40
Public Schools
43
Railroads
2183
Rocky Ripple Officers
36
Schools-Parochial
2191
Schools, Colleges and Academies
2191
Social Settlements
2194
Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal
2194
Societies-Miscellaneous
2195
Societies-Patriotic
2196
Special Advertising Department.
101
State Schools
43
Street and Avenue Guide. .
1641
Street Car, Trackless Trolley, Bus and Motor Coach Lines
1637
Township Officers
36
Woodruff Place Officers
36
Speedway City Officers
36
33
Post Office
Classified Business Directory
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page
Adams-Rogers Co .. .left top lines and 185
Aetna Cabinet Co
197
Aler C C Co
223
Allred Mfg Co
190 Furnas Ice Cream Co
American Central Life Insurance Co
170
Garrison Samuel E Legal Blue Book
Gem Coal Co 133
General Outdoor Advertising Co
217
General Underwriters Inc 173
Gent Browning Co Inc 112 135
Geupel Carl M Construction Co Gibson Co
113
Goepper Fred
134
Goldstein Bros
155
Association of North American Directory Publishers x
Atkins E C & Co 214
left top lines and 169
Gray Mark Inc
. left side lines and 208
Gregory & Appel Inc
left side lines and 169
B & F Mfg Co 145
Ballard Ice Cream Co 163
Bamberger & Feibleman
. Legal Blue Book
Bank and Office Stationery Co
197
Bankers Trust Co ..
127
Banner-Whitehill Co
.right top lines and
150
Bass W H Photo Co
205
Beard's Scientific Brake Service. right top lines and
111
Berkshire Life Insurance Co
171
Bessire & Co
121
Best-Grand Laundry
182
Better Business Bureau
136
Billy Grimes Tire Co
113
Bingham, Mendenhall & Bingham .... Legal Blue Book
Block Wm H Co The ...
.front cover and
138
Blue Diamond Coal Co ..... . . . left side lines and 133
Blythe L D Rubber Stamp Co 212
Brannum-Keene Lumber Co . . back bone and Brennan W A Inc 184 210 Hess East Tenth Hardware 112 Hetherington & Berner Inc
Broad Ripple Auto Co.
Brookside Lumber Co right top lines and 185
Hickman-Moyer Sales Inc. ...... left top lines and
Hillsdale Landscape & Nurseries Co 195
146 114
197 Holcomb Howard Inc
186 Holder & Diven Legal Blue Book
162 Holmes J Frank. .. . back bone, right side lines and 165
Capital Paper Co left side lines and
203
Home Lumber & Supply Co ..... back cover and 186
Capitol Glass Co right side lines and
Capitol Lumber Co
187
Capitol Motors Co
. left side lines and 112 Horton H L Co
Carey Philip Co The
Carter-Lee Lumber Co
Center G M
Central Advertising Corp
Central Rubber & Supply Co
Central Supply Co
Chaille Emerson W Inc
Chevrolet Dealers Assn ... bottom stencil end and
171
Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance Co 174
156
Indiana Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Co
Claypool Hotel
156
Colby Ralph L right side lines and 172
. back bone and 123
Indiana Paint, Roofing & Supply Co .. 202
Indiana Parking Garage . .left side lines and Indiana Travelers Assurance Co 118 223 Indiana Terminal & Refrigerating Co Indiana Trust Co 173 126 178 Indianapolis Bond & Share Corp 131
Indianapolis Cement Block Co
Indianapolis Chevrolet Dealers Assn bottom stencil end and 108 Indianapolis Commercial Publishing Co .. left side lines and 208
Indianapolis Engraving Co . 144 and 205
Indianapolis Industrial Center
211
Eagle Creek Nursery Co 195 Indianapolis Life Insurance Co. right side lines and
East End Dairies Inc ... .left side lines and 192 Indianapolis Lumber Co
Emerson-Scheuring Tank Co 219 Indianapolis Milk Council
Empire Life & Accident Insurance Co
Employers Fire Insurance Co
Employers Liability Assurance Corp
Employers Mutuals
Emrich Furniture Co left top lines and 151
Em-Roe Sporting Goods Co
217 Equitable Life Assurance Society 172 Johnson-Maas Co . right side lines and 188 Johnson & McElfresh Legal Blue Book Ernst & Ernst . left side lines and 104
Estates Loan Co
183 4
Jones, Hammond, Buschmann & Gardner .. Legal Blue Book
Evans Printing Co Excelsior Laundry Co .back cover and 181 Katz Max Bag Co .. . . left side lines, 121 and 219
Fenton, Steers, Beasley & Klee . Legal Blue Book Kay Jewelry Co .right top lines and 180
Fidelity Trust Co 126
Fletcher Avenue Saving & Loan Assn 129 Kiefer-Stewart Co 139
Fletcher Trust Co 122
Fletcher's Dr W B Sanatoriun 213
208
Dell Frank M .right side lines Domestic & Industrial Insulators Inc
left side lines and 155
Dunn Beverage Co
left side lines and
128
166 188 190
Indianapolis News right top lines and Indianapolis Paint & Color Co .. . left top lines and Indianapolis Power & Light Co
right side lines and 142
Indianapolis Railways Inc. 209 Investors Syndicate right side lines and 213 John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co 174
Kentucky Home Mutual Life Ins Co 175
King & King Funeral Home 146
Kirby Mortuary .. right side lines and 147 Kirschner Auto Service Inc ... right side lines and 114 Forbes Lumber Co . 187
173
Harlan Myron S
173
Harrison Wm Henry
Legal Blue Book
Hatfield Electric Supply Co 144
Hatfield Paint Co .right side lines and 199
Hauk Charles B right side lines and Hayes Bros Inc 174 206 Herdrich & Boggs 104 146
Herrmann Funeral Home Inc
154 188 113
Brown L M Abstract Co . left side lines and 102 202
Burdsal A Co
Burford Wm B Printing Co
Burnet-Binford Lumber Co . left top lines and
Capital Ice Refrigerating Co
1512 Hood & Hahn Legal Blue Book and Hornaday Milk Co Hotel Antlers 204 192 135 157 156 160
212 Hotel Claypool 187 175 107 159 Hotel Pennsylvania 112 Hotel Washington 160 161 Hotel Severin
Hotel Williams
Hottel, Mote & Smith
Legal Blue Book
Church Members Relief Assn. .. right top lines and Clark Oliver H 211
Claycombe & Stump Legal Blue Book
Colonial Finance Co .right side lines
Cooling-Grumme-Mumford Co
171 190
Cram George F Co
Crane E A .left side lines and 170 Crescent Paper Co 203 Cruse J S Inc 210 132
Darko & Sons . front cover and
Davey Hugh J
198
Dean Bros Co .3 and
206 211
108 Hydraulic-Press Brick Co 129
Indiana Hotel Co
left side lines and 173
Halgren Ross M
178
Hall-Hottel Co .
210
Hall-Neal Furnace Co 148
Hall & Hill
Gordner Leroy G. . back cover, left side lines and Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Co
164
Auburn Automobile Sales Corp 111
front stencil and
Grimes Billy Tire Co 113
Guarantee Tire & Rubber Co
right side lines, 113 and 220 Guaranty Finance Co .right side lines Guardian Life Insurance Co of Am
Antlers Hotel 157
Armstrong V M . Legal Blue Book
Arnold Furnace Co
148
Ashby Samuel Legal Blue Book
178
American Loan Co. . front cover, left side lines and
179
American Paper Stock Co 203
American States Insurance Co 170
Foster & Messick
Page 172
Franklin Life Insurance Co ... right side lines and 172
Fuller-Halpin Lumber Co 187 163
American Employers Insurance Co
.. right top lines and 171 178 178 172
194
200
Indiana National Bank ...
left top lines and
174
Hisey & Titus
Ayres L S & Co 137
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page
Klein & Kuhn Inc . .left side lines and 196
Koehring Charles & Son
154
Kothe Herman W
Legal Blue Book
Krull. Seward & Co
175 Railroadmen's Federal Savings & Loan Assn
left top lines and 130
Raincy James L.
Ramsdell Guy A
.left side lines and 176
Rauch John G
. Legal Blue Book
Red Cab Ine
.left side lines and 220
Rice's Restaurant
right top lines and 212
192
Rocay & Rocap . Legal Blue Book
183 Rogers & Co. Accountants 105
Litzelman & Morrison Inc
Lockwood, Goldsmith & Galt. . Legal Blue Book and London & Lancashire Indemnity Co
Losey Motors Inc
Lumber Mutual Ageney
.left top lines and
Lux Laundry
Lyman Bros
Madden W M & Co
Marion County State Bank
Marion Paint Co
. left side lines and
Market Parking Garage. ... right side lines and
115
Marott Hotel .right side lines and 158
Marott Shoe Store . . front cover, left side lines and Marsh & McLennan
175
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co
.right side lines and 176
Matson, Ross, MeCord & Clifford .... Legal Blue Book
Mccullough J G Agency
McMaster & Armstrong Legal Blue Book
Means & Buenting
Meier Clif Coal Co .right side lines and 134
Meier Electric & Machine Co. . top stencil end and 143
Meridian Garage . .left side lines and 119
Merrifield Hugh D . Legal Blue Book
Metropolitan Coal Co. .left side lines and
134
Minturn and Minturn
Model Loan Service .. .right top lines and 183
Monarch Motor Co
115
Mooney-Mueller-Ward Co
139
Moore Harry W Funeral Parlors
right side lines and
Moore Malcolm M & Associates
right side lines and 170
Moore & Kirk Funeral Home. . left side lines and Morrison LE & Co
Murat Tire & Battery Co
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co
Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Mutual Insurance Agency ...... left top lines and
174 Sue z Otto I back cover, 218 and
Mutual Life Insurance Co of N Y left side lines and
Neff F B Printing Co
Neuronhurst .
213
Newberger, Simon & Davis . Legal Blue Book
News The wright top lines and 194 Terminix Co of Indiana
North Side Chevrolet Ine
115
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
left side lines and 170
Northwestern National Life Insurance Co
177
Tipphrey & Hartz. . front cover, left side lines and
Union Cab Co
Union Title Co .right side lines and
T'nich Trust Co .. .. top lines and
Off C & Co
Ogden James M . Legal Blue Book
Old Line Auto Insurors
right side lines and inside back cover
Olive George S & Co 104
Olive, MeCurdy & Guental . Legal Blue Book
Packard-Indianapolis Ine .left top lines and 110 223
Patterson Shade Co .back cover and
Pearson Co Inc 193 211
Pearson Hardware Co.
Wasson H P & Co . right side lines and Wege Marble & Tile Co .... . right side lines and Weiland Louis A. . Legal Blue Book
139 190
Peerless Foundry Co
148
Pennsylvania Hotel
160
Peoples Fuel & Supply Co
Western Audit Co
103
right side lines and 134
Wiles & Wilson Motor Service Inc
left side lines and 117
161
Woodsmall H H Agency right top lines and 168
Polk R L & Co .106, 120 and 189 York T Edgar & Son
Polk Sanitary Milk Co
back cover, left side lines and 191
Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co . 177
Lain Business College. . left top lines and 141
Langen & Meyer
Langsenkamp F H Co right side lines and 128
Lathrop-Moyer Co
.left top lines and
Layton Frank & Co
206
Leonard Wm M Ine
Levey Printing Co
.left top lines and
Lewis Motors Inc
114
.right side lines and .right side lines and 110 Rogers & Co. Jewelers left side lines and 180 107 149
201
Rubush & Hipiter
175 Ryhalt Heating Co
114 Sanborn Electric Co
174 Sargent Harry G Paint Co . . . left side lines and
Schley & Trask Legal Blue Book and
202 204
205 Schlosser Chalmer . Legal Blue Book Schoen Bros .left top lines and 133 1:29
218
Security Trust Co right top lines and
124 159
Shank Fireproof Warehouse Co
Sharp Harry A Co Pright side lines and
116 147
Shirley Bros Co . right side lines and
116
Shoptaugh A G
211 Short Cecil E
. Legal Blue Book
Showalter Earl W & Co
116
Shumaker Wm E & Co
. back cover
Skinner's Ine
Smither Henry C Roofing Co
212
103
Spradling. Carter & Jordan Associates Stall R Niven
. Legal Blue Book
Standard Accident Insurance Co
right top lines and 177
198
Standard Food Products Inc . . left side lines and Standard Nut Margarine Co. . . . left side lines and Mourdard Oil Co
198 2 177 178 206 167 197
147 Stein Theo Ir .left top lines and
Stewart's Ine, Books-Stationery
Stokol right top lines and 218 178
115 176 Stone. Stafford & Stone
176 Studebaker Automobiles . . .right side lines and 110 900
Swaimi H Nathan . Legal Blue Book Tarpenning- LaFollette Co 217 221 145 Tennyson Wm H Temperley's Floral Service Thirtieth & Central Sales Co. . . . left top lines and Traylor Joel T 170 220 117 177
183 179 220 102 125
174 116 United Credit Bureaus Ine. .. . . left side lines and United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. ..
105 172 154 111 153
VanCamp Hardware & Iron Co VanMatre H M Inc . . front cover and
Vonnegut Hardware Co ...... right side lines and
Wallerich C H Company .left top lines
Warnock 0 0 Co .. .. right top lines and 109 160 Washington Hotel 131
Washington Park Cemetery. . . . left side lines and
Norway's Sanatorium
155
Ocean Accident & Guaranty Corp right side lines and
Sterk Wm F
Siste Auto Insurance Assn. .. right top lines and State Mutual Life Assurance Co
173
Shotwell Grier MI
Sholty Motor Co Inc. . right side lines and
177
113
133
207
Roberts Wm H & Sons
144
104 127 Schumacher John A Co 201 Schwitzer-Cummins Co .right top lines and
Severin Hotel
216
Page
152
. left side lines and 173
Liberal Loan Co
Pickens, Gause. Gilliom & Pickens . .. . Legal Blue Book Pioneer Distributing Cu 107 Poehner Robert E 119
Williams Hotel
Trustees System Finance Co
176 209 Taylor J H Transfer & Storage Co. . back cover and
217
Legal Blue Book
INTRODUCTION
R. L. POLK & CO., publishers of more than 750 city, county, state and national Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1936 edition of the Indianapolis City Directory, which also includes Beech Grove, Broad Ripple, Speedway City, University Heights and Wood- ruff Place. A new feature, the designation of homes having telephones, marks this edition.
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Confidence in the continued growth of Indianapolis' industry, popula- tion and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Di- rectory is a mirror truly reflecting Indianapolis to the world.
The enviable position occupied by R. L. POLK & CO.'S Directories in the estimation of the public throughout the country, has been established by rendering the best in Directory service. With an unrivaled organiza- tion, and having had the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and professional men and residents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Indian- apolis Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the community.
Six Major Departments
The six major departments are arranged in the following order :-
THE MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT, pages 14 to 44, presents lists of city, township, county, state and federal officials; post office, public school and court Directories; statistical review; and manufacturing, trade and civic surveys.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, pages 101 to 224, printed on tinted paper, con- tains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and profes- sional interests of Indianapolis and vicinity. The advertisements are in- dexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. In a great commercial and industrial center like Indianapolis, the necessity of having this kind of in- formation immediately available, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 225 to 1636. This is the only record in existence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupation and address of each adult resident of Indianapolis and vicinity, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the community.
THE GUIDE TO STREET CAR, BUS AND TRACKLESS TROLLEY LINES extends from page 1637 to page 1639.
THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, covers pages 1641 to 2063. In this section the names of the streets are arranged in alphabetical order; the numbers of the residences and business concerns are arranged in numerical order under the name of each street, and the names of the householders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street. A feature of this section is the designation of tenant-owned homes. A new feature is the designa- tion of homes having telephones.
THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 2065 to 2207. This department lists the names of all business and professional con- cerns in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature con- stitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous interests of the community. The Directory is the common intermediary between buy- er and seller. As such it plays an important part in the daily activities of the commercial and professional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium.
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INTRODUCTION
Community Publicity
The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the com- munity, depicting in unbiased terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as a manufacturing site and as an educa- tional center. To broadcast this information, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the Directory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and re- liable advertisements of Indianapolis and vicinity.
The Indianapolis Directory Library
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The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those progressive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the City Directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.
R. L. POLK & CO., Publishers.
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INDIANA STATE SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' MONUMENT
Universally admitted to be the grandest achievement of architectural and sculptural art in the world, designed to glorify the heroic epoch of the Republic and to commemorate the valour and fortitude of Indiana's soldiers and sailors in the War of the Rebellion and other wars.
Begun, 1887 ; completed, 1901; dedicated, 1962; cost. $600,000 ; diameter of plaza surrounding monument, 342 feet 7 inches; diameter of terrace, 110 feet : height of terrace, 16 feet 4 inches ; monument foundation, 69x53 feet ; depth of foundation, 30 feet ; height of monument, including foundation, 314 feet 6 inches ; height of monument from street level to top of statue, 281 feet 6 inches; height of Victory statue, 38 feet ; shaft at top, 13 feet 3 inches; balcony, 16 feet.
The balcony, 22815 feet above the ground, is reached by an electric elevator or by stairway consisting of 32 flights-324 steps. On reaching the balcony, visitors look over a beautiful panorama of Indianapolis and vicinity-a delightful view, not surpassed anywhere. Below the balcony is a bronze astragal bearing the dates 1861-1865 on the four sides of the shaft. Midway the monument is a second bronze astragal, em- blematic of the Navy, and further down, a third bronze astragal, representing the Army. On the east and west sides of the monument are the two largest groups that have ever been carved out of stone-the one on the east representing War. the other, Peace. On the south front are two heroic statues, each cut out of a huge block of stone: one representing the Infantry, the other an ideal Cavalry Scout. On the north front are the Artillery and Navy representatives, same as on the south. On the east and west sides of the terrace are magnificent cascades, over each of which flow 7.000 gallons of water per minute. With eight immense candelabra, carrying 48 are and 150 incandescent lamps, Monument Place is the most brilliantly and beauti- fully lighted spot in this country. On subordinate pedestals occupying positions in the four segments are bronze statues of Gov. Morton, Gov. Whitcomb, Gen. Wm. Henry Harrison and Gen. George Rogers Clark.
Above the entrance facing the south is the inscription of dedication :
"To Indiana's Silent Victors"
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INTRODUCTION
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INDIANAPOLIS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE North Meridian St., Opp. University Park
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INDIANAPOLIS
"THE CENTER OF INDUSTRIAL AMERICA" CAPITAL OF INDIANA; COUNTY SEAT OF MARION COUNTY
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SERVE TO VISUALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS MODERN AND PROGRESSIVE CITY IN ITS COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ASPECTS
THE LOGICAL LOCATION FOR BUSINESS INSTITUTIONS HAVING NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION Prepared by Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce
When Indiana was admitted to the Union in 1816 it became the nineteenth state. Congress adopted a resolution donating four sections of land to the State for its cap- ital. The present downtown square mile, chosen in 1821 as the site for the location of the state capital, after considerable discussion, was named Indianapolis. On this one mile square, at almost the geographical center of Indiana, the city was laid out by the same engineer who designed the street plan of Washington, D. C. Not only is Indianapolis near the exact center of the state of Indiana, but it is likewise near the center of the great Middle West, called the most typically American section of the nation.
Population
The Federal Census for 1930 gave Indianapolis a population of 364,161. It is the capital and largest city of Indiana, and is the twenty-first city in population in the United States. It is the second largest state capital. Indianapolis has maintained a steady, normal growth in population.
1930 CENSUS
Color, Nativity and
Citizenship
Total
Male
Female
1920 Total
1930
1920
Total population
364,161
176,647
187,514
314,194
100.
100.
White
320,064
155,282
164,782
279,411
87.9
88.9
Native
306.324
147,968
158.356
262,453
84.1
83.5
Foreign-born
13,740
7,314
6,426
16,958
3.8
5.4
Negro
43,967
21,263
22,704
34,678
12.1
11.0
Other races
130
102
28
105
The Bureau of the Census has established a metropolitan district for Indianapolis, having an area of 311.75 square miles and a total population in 1930 of 417,685, of which 364,161 are in the city of Indianapolis and 53,524 outside. The general rule followed has been to include with the central city all surrounding contiguous minor civil divisions having a density of not less than 150 inhabitants per square mile, but to include also any minor civil division of less density, if it directly adjoins the central city or is nearly surrounded by other minor civil divisions that have the required density.
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