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POPULATION OF U. S. CITIES OF 25,000 OR MORE IN 1940 (as per final figures of the 1940 U. S. Census Report)
Alabama
Indiana
Missouri
Oregon
Anniston
25,523
Anderson
Joplin
37,144
Portland
305.394
Birmingham
267.583
Gadsden
36,975
Elkhart
St. Joseph
75.711
Pennsylvania
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Montgomery
78,084
Tuscaloosa
27,493 Gary
111,719
University City
33,023
Altoona
80.214
Butte
37,081
Chester
59,285
Great Falls
29.928
Easton
33,589
Erie
116,955
Lincoln
81,984
Hazelton
38.009
Omaha
223,844
Johnstown
66.668
Little Rock
88,039
New Albany
25.414
Concord
27,171
Lebanon
27.206
Texarkana
11,821
Richmond
35,147
Manchester 77,685
Mckeesport New Castle
47,638
California
Terre Haute
82,693
Alameda
36,256 38,935
Towa
Burlington
25,832
Bayonne
79.198
Reading
110,568
Bakersfield
29,252
Cedar Rapids
62,120
26,270
Beverly Hills
26,823
Council Bluffs 41.439
Davenport
66,039
Fresno
60,685
Des Moines
159,819
Elizabeth
109,912
Huntington Park
28,848
Inglewood
30.114
Long Beach
184,271
Los Angeles
1,504,277
Oakland
302.163
Pasadena
81,864
Riverside
34,896
Hutchinson
30.013
429.760
Warwick
28.757
San Bernardino
43.846
Topeka
87.833
San Diego
203,341
Wichita
114,966
Passaic
61.394
South Carolina
71,275
Columbia
62.396
Santa Barbara
34,958
Santa Monica
53.500
South Gate
28,945
Stockton
54,714
Owensboro
30,245
33,765
New Mexico
Albuquerque
35,449
New York
Albany
130.577
Amsterdam
33,329
Auburn
35,753
Connectlout
Bridgeport
147.121
Bristol
30.167
Hartford
188,267
Meriden
39.494
Portland
73,843
New Britain
88.885
Maryland
El Paso
96,810
New London
30,456
Norwalk
39,849
Stamford
47,938
Torrington
26,986
Waterbury
99,314
Beverly
25.537
Boston
770,818
Niagara Falls 78,029
Poughkeepsie
40,478
Rochester
324,975
Rome
34.214
Schenectady
87,549
Syracuse
205,987
Trov
70.304
Utica
Ogden
43.686
White Plains
40.327
Yonkers
142,598
Vermont
Burlington 27,888
North Carolina
Asheville
51.310
Alexandria 33.523
Durham
60,195
Danville 32.749
Greensboro
59 319
Lynchburg 44,541
High Point
38.495
Newport News
37.067
Raleigh
46.897
Norfolk
144,332
Rocky Mount
25.568
Petersburg
30.631
Wilmington
33.407
Portsmouth
50,745
Winston-Salem
79,815
Richmond
193,042
Augusta
85,919
Columbus
53,280
Macon
57.865
Taunton
37,395
Rome
26.282
Waltham
40.020
Savannah
95.996
Worcester
Michigan
Ann Arbor
29,815
Bolse City
26,130
Battle Creek
43,453
Bay City
47.956
Columbus
306.087
West Virginia
Dayton
210,718
Charleston
67,914
Alton
Aurora
Belleville
28,405
Berwyn
48.451
Bloomington
32,868
Chicago
3,396.808
Cicero
64,712
Beloit
25.365
East St. Louis
75,609
Elgin
38,333
Evanston
65,389
Galesburg
28.876
Joliet
42.365
Maywood
26,648
Minnesota
Oak Park
66.015
Peoria
105.087
Quincy
40,469
Rockford
84,637
Rock Island
42,775
Mississippi
Muskogee
32.332
Springfield
75.503
Jackson
34.241 Meridian
62,107 35.481
Tulsa
142.157
Honoluly
179.358
Hammond Indianapolis Kokomo Lafayette Marion
70,184 386,972 33.795
Montana
Arizona
Phoenix Tucson
65,414
36,818
Nebraska
Harrisburg
83.893
Arkansas
Fort Smith
38,584 Muncle
New Hampshire
Lancaster
61.345
55,355
South Bend
101.268
Nashua
32,927
Norristown
38.181
New Jersey
Philadelphia Pittsburgh
671.659
Scranton
140.404
Sharon
25.622
Burbank
34.337
48,827
Wilkes-Barre
86.236
Wilkinsburg
29.853
Glendale
82,582
Dubuque
43,892
Garfield
28,044
York ...
56.712
Rhode Island
Central Falls 25,248
Cranston
47.085
Newport
30.532
Pawtucket
75,797
Sacramento 105,958
Kansas City
121.458
New Brunswick
33.180
Woonsocket
49,303
San Francisco
634,538
Kentucky
Ashland
29.537
Covington
82,018
Lexington
49,304
Trenton
124.897
Union City
56.173
West New York
39,439
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
40.832
Colorado
Colorado Springs Denver
322.412
Pueblo
52,162
New Orleans
494,537
Shreveport
98,187
Maine
Elmira
45.108
51,686
Bangor
29,822
Lewiston
38,598
28,589
Corpus Christi
57.301
Dallas
294.734
New Haven
160,605
Baltimore
859.100
Fort Worth
177,662
Galveston
60.862
Houston
384,514
Laredo
39.274
Lubbock
31.853
Port Arthur 46.140
Brockton
62,343
Wilmington
District of Columbia
Washington
Florida
Jacksonville
173.065
Miami
172,172
Miami Beach 28.012
Lynn
Orlando 36.736
Pensacola 37,449
St. Petersburg 60,812
Tampa
108.391
West Palm Beach
Georgia
Atlanta
302,288
Salem
Somerville
102.177
North Dakota
Fargo
32.580
Washington
Bellingham 29.31€
Everett
30.224
Canton
108.401
Spokane
122.001
Tacoma
109.408
Cleveland Heights
54,992
Yakima
27,221
Ilinois
Dearborn
Detroit
Flint
151,543
Grand Rapids
164,292
Hamtramck
49,839
Highland Park
50.810
Jackson
49,856
Kalamazoo
54.097
78.753
Massillon
Middletown
31,220
Newark
31.487 34,010
La Crosse
42.707
Madison
67.447
Milwaukee
587.472
Moline
34,608
Warren
Racine
67.195
Minneapolis
492,370
Rochester
26.312
St. Paul
287.736
Oklahoma
Enid
28.081
West Allis
36.364
Oklahoma City 204.424
Territory of Hawail
Waukegan
41,572 54,637
Kansas City 399.178
Salem
30.908
Mobile
78.720
Evansville
33.434 97.062
St. Louis
816.084 61,238
Aliquippa 27.023
Fort Wayne
118.410
Springfield
Allentown
96.904
Michigan City
Mishawaka
28,79 8 28.767 26.476 28,293 49.720
Belleville
28.167
Berkeley
85.547
Bloomfield
41.623
Camden
117,536
Washington
26.186
Clifton
East Orange
68,945
Williamsport
44.355
Mason City
27,080
Hackensack
Hoboken
Irvington
Jersey City
301.173 39,487
Kearny
Montclair Newark
39.807
Providence
253,504
Orange
35.717
Paterson
Perth Amboy
41.242
Santa Ana
31.921
Plalnfleid
37.469
Greenville 34.734
Spartanburg 32,249
Louisville
319.077
Newport
30.631
West Orange 25,862
Paducah
38,789
Alexandria
27.066
Baton Rouge
34,719
Monroe
28,309
Binghamton
78.309
Texas
Abllene
26.812
Jamestown
42.838
Austin
87.930
Beaumont
59.061
Middletown 26.495
Mount Vernon Newburgh
31.883
New Rochelle New York
7,454,995
Cumberland
39.483
Hagerstown
32,491
Massachusetts
Queens Boro 1,297,634
Richmond Boro 174.441
San Angelo 26,802
San Antonio
253.854
Texarkana
17.019
Tyler
28.279
Chicopee
41.664
Everett
46,784
Wichita Falls
45.112
115.428
Fitchburg
41.824
Haverhill
46.752 53,750
Holyoke
Lawrence
84,323
Lowell
101,389 98,123 58.010 63.083
25.333
33,893 Newton
110.341 69.873
Pittsfield Quincy
75.810
Revere
34,405
41.213
193,694 Akron
Ohlo
244,791
Seattle
368.302
Cincinnati
455.610
Cleveland
63.584
1,823,452
39.495
Clarksburg
30.579
Huntington
78,836
Parkersburg
30.103
Wheeling
81,099
44.711 44,125
Wisconsin
Appleton 28.436
Danville Decatur
36.919
Muskegon
Pontiac
66.626
Green Bay
46.235
Port Huron
32.759
Norwood
Portsmouth
40.466
Springfield
70.662
Steubenville
37.651
Toledo
282,349
42.837
Youngstown
167.720
Zanesville
37.500
Superior
35.136
Wausau 27,268
Wauwatosa 27.769
Royal Oak
25,087
Saginaw
82.794
Wyandotte
30,618
Duluth
101.065
25,120
Hamilton
50,592
Lakewood
69.160
Lima
Lorain
Mansfield
Marion
47.697
37.154 30,817 26.664
Eau Claire 30,745
59,305
Fond du Lac, 27,209
Kenosha 48.765
Sheboygan
40.838
Springfield
149,554
100.518 33,385
Watertown
Salt Lake City
149,934
Charlotte
100,899
Virginia
Melrose
New Bedford
110,879
113,504
Chelsea
41,259
Knoxville
111.580
Memphis 292,942
Nashville
187.402
Buffalo
575.901
Tennessee
Chattanooga
128,163
Louisiana
Johnson City
25,332
Ottumwa
31,570
Sioux City
82.364 51.743
Waterloo
Kansas
San Jose
88.457
139.656 Charleston
Amarillo
Kingston
87,382
58.408
Bronx Boro 1,394.711
Brooklyn Boro 2,698,285
Manhattan Boro 1,889.924
Delaware
Waco
55,982
683,091 Fall River
Utah
Malden Medford
49.684
Roanoke
69,287
Idaho
878.336
31.255 47.170
East Cleveland Elyria
Oshkosh 39.089
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Alhambra
Atlantic City 64,094
1,931.334
Clinton
East Chicago
Lansing
Cambridge
26,279 50,115 55.328
Bethlehem 58.490
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POLK'S INDIANAPOLIS (MARION COUNTY, IND.)
CITY DIRECTORY Vol. 1949 xCII
Including Beech Grove, Broad Ripple, Rocky Ripple, Speedway City, University Heights and Woodruff Place
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, a Postal Zone Guide, and Much Information of a Miscellaneous Character; also a
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GENERAL INDEX
Page
Abbreviations
28 and
29
Advertising Department
opp.
876
Airports
1043
Alphabetical List of Names
29
Apartment Buildings
1043
Bands and Orchestras
1052
Banks and Trust Companies
1052
Beech Grove Officers ..
25
Board of School Commissioners
25
Buildings -- Office and Public
1059
Bus and Coach Lines
1060
Buyers' Guide
876
Cemeteries
1061
Churches
1062
City Officials
25
Classified Business Directory
1041
Clergymen
1066
Clubs
1068
Convents
1072
County Officers
26
Courts
27
Federal Officers
27
Fire Department
25
Fraternity Houses
1082
General Directory
29
Golf Clubs and Courses
1086
Halls
1090
Homes and Asylums
1091
Hospitals and Dispensaries
1092
Hotels
1092
Householders' Directory . . following Street Car, Bus and Motor Coach Lines
Indiana State Government
26
Legal Blue Book
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1104
Libraries
1104
Miscellaneous Information
13
Museums
1111
Newspapers
1111
Organizations
1114
Parks and Playgrounds
1119
Police Department
25
Post Offic
27
Railroads
1127
Rocky Ripple Officers
25
Schools-Parochial
1133
Schools-Public .
1134
Schools and Colleges
1134
Sorority Houses .
1136
Special Advertising Department
opp.
876
Speedway City Officers
26
State Officers
26
State Schools
27
Street Car, Bus and Motor Coach Lines. . . following Postal Zone Guide
Street and Avenue Guide. . following Street Car, Bus and Motor Coach Lines
Township Officers
26
U. S. Postal Zone Guide. . following Classified
Woodruff Place Officers
26
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION
Page
Acro Realty Co. .
148
106
Dorsey Paul E Funeral Home. .left side lines, page Z and
58
Akron Surgical House Inc.
Allison Realty Co Inc. .
right side lines and
148
68 Drexler Chas Co Inc .. left side lines and 115
5 Driscoll Realty Co ..
149
Eagle Creek Nursery Co Inc ...... left top lines and 128
87 Eaglesfield & Shepard ..
113
Indiana Mutual Hail Insurance Co .. left side lines and 82
15 Indiana Roofing & Siding Co. 154 Indiana Terminal & Refrigerating Co. 162
Ediphone The .. .left side lines and 130 Indiana Trust Company The .. 28
Em-Roe Sporting Goods Co. 158
Emerson-Scheuring Tank & Mfg Co Inc. 159
Empire Life & Accident Insurance Co .. .right top lines and 77 Indianapolis Coal Co Inc ...... right side lines and Indianapolis Engraving Company Inc ..
Employers Fire Insurance Co. right bottom lines and 87
.. left bottom lines and 35
Atkins E C and Company Inc . backbone and 155 Atkins Saving & Loan Assn. .. left bottom lines and 34 Auto-Owners (Mutual) Insurance Co ..
92 46
Ayres L S & Co. . front edge, right bottom lines and Ballard Ice Cream Co .. ... left side lines, 75 and 118 Ban-Dee Corp The. .right bottom lines and 153 Bankers Trust Co.
Banner-Whitehill Inc. .right top lines Barney's Quality Jewelers. . left top lines and 97
Beebe Harry W.
Best Letter Shop The .. left side lines and 103
Bethard Wallpaper & Paint Co Inc 134 and 161 C
Better Business Bureau Inc.
Billy Grimes Tire Co ..
17
Bivin Transfer Co.
Black Diamond Coal Co Inc ..
Biock Wm H Co The ..
.. front cover, right bottom lines and Bogda Motor Co Inc ..
Borden's Capitol Dairies. .left side lines and Bremerman Hugh. .right side lines and 11
Brennan W A Inc ... .. right bottom lines, 92 and 145
Bridges W L & Son Inc ... . left side lines and 148 Bridgman Dairy Co ... right top lines, 76 and 118 Foster & Messick . left top lincs and
Broad Ripple Hobby Supply ..
Brown Bonnle Blue Dancing School ..
.left side lines and Brown L M Abstract Co.
back cover, left side lines and
Bruce Savage Co. .right side lines and 151 Burdsal A Co The. . left bottom lines and 133 Burford Wm B Printing Co. 142 Burnet-Binford Lumber Co Inc .. left top lines and 108 Campbell Circular Advertising Co. .right side lines and 103
Capital Finance Corp. .. left bottom lines and 104 Capital Paper Co. 136
Capitol Dairies. . . left side lines and 119 62
Capitol Glass Co ..
Capitol Lumber Co ...... right top corner cards and 109 Capitol Motors . left side lines and 18
Carr Jack C Realtor. .. right bottom lines and 149 110
Carter-Lee Lumber Co.
Centennial Press Printing Co. Central Equipment Inc.
142 41
Central Press Clipping Service.
Gregory & Appel Inc ... right bottom lines and
37
17 Mechanics Laundry & Supply Inc.
Meier Electric & Machine Co Inc. .left top corner cards and 37 50 38 29
Merchants National Bank The.
Meridian Mortgage Company .... right bottom lines Merz Engineering Co .. ... left top lines and 114
150 65 Metalcraft Mfg Co .. .right top lines and 20 Metropolitan Coal & Oi! Co .... right side lines and 39
Michigan Mutual Liability Company. . left side lines Mid-West Heating & Service Co.
67
Circle Agencies Inc .... right top corner cards and 105 Circle Investment Co Inc.
.. right top corner cards and 105 Citizens Gas & Coke 'Utility .. ... right side lines
Hetherington & Berner Inc ...
Hickman Oldsmobile Inc .... left bottom lines and Hilker-Wakelam Lumber Co.
11 112
Clark I D.
Hillsdale Landscape Co .... left top corner cards and Hiser Walter Inc. ... left top corner cards and 19
101
Clark's Refrigeration Service. . right side lines and 153 Cilne Frederick B. 146 Cohen Bros Department Store 45 Colonlal Savings & Loan Assn. left bottom lines and 35 70 Home Modernizers .. .. right side lincs and 159 59 Ilogan Transfer & Storage Corp .. front cover and 125 Holmes J Frank Life Insurance Estates. . . backbone, right side lines and 81 Ifome Outfitting Co Inc ...
Colonnade Hotel
Continental Lumber Co Inc. 113
Cooley F M Heating Equipment ..
Hoosier Casualty Co of Indianapolis.
Hoosier Fence Co Inc .. .right side lines and 94
.left top lines and 53
Hoosier Motor Club .. right side lines and 6 Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York The.
Crescent Paper Co ...
Crown Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co .. 102 Hornaday Milk Co Inc .. right side lincs and 123 71
Cruse J S Realty Co ...... right bottom lines and 149 Culligan Soft Water Service.
. left top corner cards and 163
Hotel Linden Coffee Shop. .left side llues and 72
Hotel Marott The right side lines and 74 73
54 liotel Spencer. left bottom lines and 75
51 Hotel Spink Arms .. .left top lines and 75 Ochiltree Cleaners
19 Off .C & Co ... 20
ON Line Automobile Insurors ... .... page Z and 90
OHsmobile Sales & Service .. left bottom lines and 11
30 30 Onar Inc .. . right side llnes and 22
. left side lines and 18 Ilydraulic-Press Brick Co.
93 36 24
Johnson Products Inc. Jones Hotels .. left bottom lines and
Jones Restaurant & Drive-In. left bottom lines and 75
Kasle J & Sons Inc.
100
119 Ford Automobiles ... .. right top corner cards and 13 10 Kirschner Auto Service.
Ford Automobiles & Trucks .... right top lines and Ford Fence Co .left top corner cards and 53 Klein & Kuhn .. .right side lines and 12
Ford Motor Cars. .. left top corner cards and
19 Klingstein Hugo Machinery Co ..
.left side lines and 114
Knight F M Realty Co. .right top Ilnes and 150
16 Kool Vent Aluminum Awning Co. right top corner cards and 69
L & M Sheet Metal. right side lines and 156
Lane Bryant Inc ..
Langsenkamp F H Co .. .. right side lines and
38 30
General Outdoor Advertising Co Inc
13
Leonard Wm M Inc. . right side lines and Leslie Construction Co Inc .... right top lines and Liberal Loan Co ..
41
Glad-Mier School Supply Co. Glesing Carl .right top lines and 43 Lincoln Auto Parts Co. .right side lines and 105 19 71
Lincoln Hotel
Grady Bros Inc.
Grain Dealers Mutual Agency Inc.
.left top lines and
79 Linden Lounge. .. .left side lines and
Grain Dealers National Mutual Fire Insurance Co ..
.left top lines and 79 London & Lancashire Indemnity Co of America.
Grande John & Sons .... left top corner cards and Gireat-West Life Assurance Co ..
55
Marott Hotel The ... . right side lines and 74
157
Gregg & Son Inc. 36 and 102 80
. left bottom lines and 141 Martin Cleaners Inc. Griener C E Co .. right top corner cards and 103 Grimes Billy Tire Co .. Central Supply Co .. .left bottom lines, 67 and 140 Central Wall Paper & Paint Corp The .. Cuarantee Tire & Rubber Co. right top corner cards and 162 Chamberlin Co of America .. 68 Guaranty Cafeteria .right bottom lines, 143 and 159 153 Meier Lewls & Co ..
Gwinn A R Paint & Supply Co Inc
right bottom lines and 134
14 Hall-Neal Furnace Co Inc
Hall-Hottel Co Inc .. right bottom lines and Harlan Myron S. left side lines and 88
Harley-Davidson Sales and Service.
124
Hatfield Paint Co Inc ... . right side lines and 131 140
Hayes Brothers Inc.
Herrmann G H Funeral Home .... left side lines and Heston Concrete Co ...
Milk Foundation of Indianapolis.
22 124
144 116 Mitchell Real Estate & Insurance Co. . right side lines and 151
Model Loan Service Inc .. .right top lines and 105 Moldthan A C ...... back cover, left bottom lines and 151 Monarch Buick Co Inc .... left bottom lines and Mooney-Mueller-Ward Co. 20 49
Moynahan Apartments. . right top corner cards, 6 and Moynahan Construction Co .. .right top corner cards, 6 and 42 41
106 42
Muesing-Merrick Coal Co Inc ... Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co of Newark, N J Mutual Fire Insurance Co of Indianapolis. . left top corner cards and 89 90 18 35
Nish Motor Cars ... ... left top lines and National Cash Register Company The ... Newt's Standard Service ..
20
Hotel Linden. . left side lincs and 72
17
Darlington & Maloof. right top lines and 149 Dean Bros Pumps Inc .. .page B and 143 Hotel Severin. Delaware Flower Shop .. right top corner cards and DeLuxe Appliance Co ... . . left top lines and Dodd Investigation Bureau .... right side lines and 49 Howard's Motor Sales
54 Hurt Bros Realty Co .. .right side lines and 150
Hy-Tex Brick ..
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Dome Harry Sales & Service Inc ... .right bottom lines and 7
Downtown Ford Sales Co Inc .. .. top edge, right top lines and 8 Indiana Insurance Co .. .right side lines
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