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Fort Branch, IN - History
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Welcome to the Fort Branch Home page. The Fort Branch Home page provides as much information as possible on Fort Branch. Knowing Fort Branch’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Fort Branch’s Home page, you will also find Fort Branch’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Fort Branch has a population of 3381. 50.4% of Fort Branch’s inhabitants are Male, and 49.6 are female. 44.6% of Fort Branch is married and 73.7% own their own home. The Average Home price is $141,057, and the average rent is $675. Household median income in Fort Branch is $62,125, and the individual median income is $32,290. Fort Branch’s Ethnic is the following: White(94.6%), Multiple(4%), Hispanic(3%), Other(0.7%), Black(0.4%), Asian(0.2%), Native(0.1%).
Fort Branch had its start in the year 1852 by the building of the railroad through that territory. The town was originally called LaGrange, for the original owner of the site, but as there was another post office of that same name in Indiana, the town was renamed in commemoration of an old fort. On April 3, 1989, an F3 tornado passed through the town causing between 5 and 50 million dollars in damage.On February 28, 2017, an EF3 wedge tornado, originating in Crossville, Illinois, passed to the north of the town, destroying or heavily damaging several structures along Indiana 168.
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