Norman is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in northwestern Owen Township

Owen Township, Jackson County, Indiana

Owen Township is one of twelve townships in Jackson County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,625.-Geography:Owen Township covers an area of ; of this, or 0.32 percent is water...

, Jackson County

Jackson County, Indiana

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, Indiana

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, United States

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. It lies along State Road 58

Indiana State Road 58

State Road 58 is an east–west road in Central Indiana. State Road 58 runs from Merom in the west to Columbus in the east, a distance of approximately . Along its route it has concurrencies with one U.S. Route and six other Indiana state roads....

 northwest of the town of Brownstown

Brownstown, Indiana

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, the county seat

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 of Jackson County. Its elevation is 869 feet (265 m), and it is located at 38°57′9"N 86°16′30"W (38.9525511, -86.2749872). Because the community had two different names, the Board on Geographic Names

United States Board on Geographic Names

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 officially decided in favor of "Norman" in 1943. Although Norman is unincorporated, it has a post office

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, with the ZIP code

ZIP Code

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of 47264.