List of Towns

List of Counties

Points of Interest

Capital: Indianapolis

Largest city: Indianapolis

Largest metro area: Indianapolis Metropolitan Area

Highest point: Hoosier Hill, Wayne County, 1,257 ft

Lowest point: Ohio River in Posey County, 320 ft

Admission to Union: December 11, 1816 (19th)

The state's name means "Land of the Indians", or "Indian Land"

Indiana's shoreline with Lake Michigan is only 40 miles long

Marcella Gruelle of Indianapolis created the Raggedy Ann doll in 1914

State motto: Crossroads of America

In a typical year, almost half of all cropland in Indiana is planted in corn

The first successful goldfish farm in the United States was opened in Martinsville

James Dean was born February 8, 1941, in Marion

David Letterman was born April 12, 1947, in Indianapolis

Santa Claus, Indiana receives over 500,000+ letters at Christmas time

In Indianapolis, The Slippery Noodle Inn was originally founded in 1850 as the Tremont House. It is Indiana's oldest, continually operated bar in the original building

Since April 2006 the entire state observes Daylight Savings Time

Largest Cities: Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Evansville, Gary, South Bend

State of Indiana

Indiana state seal

About Indiana

In Southern Indiana is one of the richest deposits of top-quality limestone found on earth. New York City's Empire State Building and Rockefeller Center as well as the Pentagon, the U.S. Treasury, and other government buildings in Washington D.C. as well as 14 state capitals around the US are built from Indiana limestone

Indiana has 24 coal power plants, including the largest coal power plant in the US