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On January 1, 1970, the city-county consolidation of Indianapolis and Marion County resulted in the partial annexation of 16 towns, known as "included towns". [10] Under state statute, included towns retain some limited autonomy; however, they are legally considered part of the Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, subject to its laws and government.
The Indianapolis metropolitan area is an 11-county metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Indiana. Its principal cities are Indianapolis, Carmel, Greenwood, and Anderson. [1] Other primary cities with populations of more than 50,000 include Fishers, Noblesville, and Westfield.
"Second-class" cities had a population of at least 34,000 and up to 600,000 at time of designation, and have a nine-member city council and an elected clerk. Indianapolis is the only "first-class" city in Indiana under state law, making it subject to a consolidated city-county government known as Unigov. A town is differentiated from a city in ...
The city of Indianapolis maintains 212 public parks, totaling 11,258 acres (4,556 ha) or about 5.1% of the city's land area. [124] [125] Eagle Creek Park, Indianapolis's largest and most visited park, ranks among the largest municipal parks in the U.S., covering 4,766 acres (1,929 ha). [126]
The city of Indianapolis had a population of over 860,000 and there were over 2 million people living in the metropolitan area of Indianapolis in 2016. [2] During the same time period, the population of the city of Fort Wayne was almost one-third the size of Indianapolis at close to 264,000 people, with roughly 430,000 in its metropolitan area. [3]
The U.S. state of Indiana is divided into 1,008 townships in 92 counties. ... List of towns in Indiana; List of Indiana counties; Notes ‡ denotes the 2000 census
Indianapolis elected seven new faces to the 25-member City-County Council on Nov. 7, one Republican and six Democrats, who will be sworn in Jan. 1.
The township is entirely within the city of Indianapolis. The population as of the 2020 census was 138,678, up from 132,049 at the 2010 census. [4] The first settlement at Washington Township was made in 1819. [5]