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Gosport, Indiana
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Location of Gosport in Owen County, Indiana.
Location of Gosport in Owen County, Indiana.
Country United States
State Indiana
County Owen
Township Wayne
Area
 • Total 0.38 sq mi (0.97 km2)
 • Land 0.38 sq mi (0.97 km2)
 • Water 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
696 ft (212 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total 842
 • Density 2,245.33/sq mi (866.81/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (EST)
ZIP code
47433
Area code(s) 812
FIPS code 18-28440
GNIS feature ID 435238

Gosport is a town in Wayne Township, Owen County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 826 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Bloomington, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Gosport was platted in 1829, and named for Ephraim Goss, an early settler.

The Gosport Historic District and Dr. H.G. Osgood House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, Gosport has a total area of 0.39 square miles (1.01 km2), all land.

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.
1850 548
1870 860
1880 740 −14.0%
1890 720 −2.7%
1900 726 0.8%
1910 776 6.9%
1920 700 −9.8%
1930 722 3.1%
1940 729 1.0%
1950 672 −7.8%
1960 646 −3.9%
1970 692 7.1%
1980 729 5.3%
1990 764 4.8%
2000 715 −6.4%
2010 826 15.5%
2020 842 1.9%
U.S. Decennial Census

2010 census

As of the census of 2010, there were 826 people, 325 households, and 202 families residing in the town. The population density was 2,117.9 inhabitants per square mile (817.7/km2). There were 380 housing units at an average density of 974.4 per square mile (376.2/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 98.5% White, 0.7% African American, 0.1% Asian, and 0.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.0% of the population.

There were 325 households, of which 35.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.1% were married couples living together, 12.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.8% had a male householder with no wife present, and 37.8% were non-families. 32.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 3.00.

The median age in the town was 38.2 years. 25.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.9% were from 25 to 44; 23.8% were from 45 to 64; and 16.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 46.0% male and 54.0% female.

Notable people

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Colonel Benjamin F. Hays, 1st Indiana Heavy Artillery, (circa 1865).
  • U.S. Army Colonel Benjamin F. Hays was born on 4 September 1826 in Greene County, Tennessee. He served as a Second Lieutenant in B Company, 4th Indiana Infantry during the Mexican War. During the Civil War, he served in the 1st Indiana Heavy Artillery, promoted to colonel on 8 February 1865. He fought in the Battle of Baton Rouge and the Battle of Mobile Bay. Following the war, he commanded the District of South Alabama, until he was mustered out on 10 January 1866. Then, he served in the Indiana House of Representatives in 1867. He resided in Gosport as a merchant until he died on 14 January 1872.
  • U.S. Army Colonel James Ellis Burton was born on 23 September 1824 to John and Nancy Agnes (née Wishard) Burton in Mount Tabor, Indiana. He was married to Cynthia Ann (née Van Buskirk), and they had one son. He was promoted to colonel on 4 May 1865 and mustered out on 21 July 1865. Colonel Burton fought in the Atlanta Campaign, the Savannah Campaign, and the Carolinas Campaign. He was a merchant before the war and a farmer in Gosport afterwards. He died on 28 September 1900.
  • Child actress Patsy Doris Dittemore was born in Gosport on March 20, 1934, to James and Gladys Elizabeth (May) Dittemore. Her mother died 19 days after her birth; and, she was sent to California to live with her maternal grandparents, taking their last name and being called "Patsy May." She played the baby sister of Spanky in the Our Gang series of short-subject comedies from 1935 to 1937, appearing for the first time in Little Papa and the last time in Our Gang Follies of 1938. At age 11, her final film appearance was in an uncredited role in the Great Stagecoach Robbery (1945). She died on January 1, 2013, and is buried in the Gosport Cemetery.
  • Eugene M. Stoner, inventor of the M16 rifle, was born in Gosport on November 22, 1922, to Lloyd and Britannia Stoner. He joined the U.S. Marines as an armorer and fought in the South Pacific during World War II, honorably discharged as a Corporal. He held some 100 patents on his inventions, and was a co-founder of Ares Incorporated, a weapons research and development company based in Port Clinton, Ohio.
  • James Alexander Thom, author, was born in Gosport on May 26, 1933

See also

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