Kent, Jefferson County, Indiana

Kent is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Republican Township, Jefferson County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 70.^[4]

Kent, Indiana
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 38°44′15″N 85°32′21″W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Jefferson
Township	Republican
Area [1]
• Total	0.07 sq mi (0.18 km2)
• Land	0.07 sq mi (0.18 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation [2]	719 ft (219 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	90
• Density	1,323.53/sq mi (512.58/km2)
ZIP code	47250
FIPS code	18-39510[3]
GNIS feature ID	2587020[2]

History

Kent was platted in 1853.^[5] It was named for James Kent, a New York jurist.^[6] The Kent post office was discontinued in 1965.^[7]

Geography

Kent is located in western Jefferson County in the northeast part of Republican Township. Indiana State Road 256 passes through the community, leading east 8 miles (13 km) to Madison, the county seat, and west 14 miles (23 km) to Austin.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Kent CDP has an area of 0.10 square miles (0.27 km²), all of it recorded as land. The community sits on the east side of Little Creek, a north-flowing tributary of Big Creek, a major northwest-flowing tributary of the Muscatatuck River, which is part of the White River watershed.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	90		—
U.S. Decennial Census[8]