Summitville, Indiana
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Summitville is a town in Van Buren Township
Van Buren Township, Madison County, Indiana
Van Buren Township is one of fourteen townships in Madison County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,020.-Geography:...

, Madison County
Madison County, Indiana
As of the census of 2000, there were 133,358 people, 53,052 households, and 36,234 families residing in the county. The population density was 295 people per square mile . There were 56,939 housing units at an average density of 126 per square mile...

, Indiana
Indiana
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, United States
United States
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. It is part of the Anderson, Indiana
Anderson, Indiana
Anderson is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Indiana, United States. It is the principal city of the Anderson, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses Madison county. Anderson is the headquarters of the Church of God and home of Anderson University, which is...

 Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 967 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Summitville is located at 40°20′14"N 85°38′35"W (40.337361, -85.642985).

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the town has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.3 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census
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of 2000, there were 1,090 people, 420 households, and 304 families residing in the town. The population density
Population density
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 was 2,023.6 people per square mile (779.4/km²). There were 437 housing units at an average density of 811.3 per square mile (312.5/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 99.45% White, 0.28% African American, 0.09% Native American, 0.09% Asian, and 0.09% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.55% of the population.

There were 420 households out of which 35.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.8% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.6% were non-families. 25.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.07.

In the town the population was spread out with 29.6% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 20.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 92.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.3 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $37,303, and the median income for a family was $42,500. Males had a median income of $31,908 versus $23,382 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the town was $18,311. About 5.2% of families and 7.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.6% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Summitville is home to an elementary school. This school is a part of the Madison-Grant Schools in northern Madison and southern Grant counties. The students who graduate from the elementary school move on to the Madison-Grant Junior High and High School in Fairmount
Fairmount, Indiana
Fairmount is a town in Fairmount Township, Grant County in the east central part of the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 2,992 at the 2000 census. It is ninety kilometers northeast of Indianapolis...

.

Volunteer fire department

In the summer of 2009, Summitville opened a new volunteer fire department. The community has worked together to sponsor the fire department and its fire chief, Randy Sizelove. The new fire station was built with hundreds of volunteer hours from members of the fire department and the community. The station also is the home of the Van Buren township trustee's office.
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