Indiana is the 19 th U.S. state and is located in the Midwest region of the United States of America. With over six million residents, it is ranked 15 th in population and 17 th in population density. It is 38 th in land area. Indiana is bounded on the north by Lake Michigan and the state of Michigan; on the east by Ohio; on the south by Kentucky, with which it shares the Ohio River as a border; and on the west by Illinois. Indiana is one of the Great Lakes states. As of 2006, Indiana has an estimated population of 6,313,520, which is an increase of 47,501, or 0.8%, from the prior year and an increase of 233,003, or 3.8%, since the year 2000. The total gross state product in 2005 was US$214 billion in 2000 chained dollars. Indiana's per capita income, as of 2005, was US$31,150. The Calumet region of northwest Indiana is the largest steel producing area in the U.S.
Indiana is a diverse state with a few large urban areas and a number of smaller industrial cities. It is best known for the Indianapolis 500 American automobile race, held annually over the Memorial Day weekend, and a strong basketball tradition, often called Hoosier Hysteria. Residents of Indiana are called Hoosiers. The state's name means "Land of the Indians" and Angel Mounds State Historic Site, one of the best preserved prehistoric Native American sites in the United States, can be found in southern Indiana.
The University of Notre Dame is a Roman Catholic institution located in Notre Dame, Indiana, United States. "Notre Dame," meaning "Our Lady" in French, refers to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Indiana General Assembly granted the school its charter on January 15, 1844, under the name University of Notre Dame du Lac. While the translation of the French is "Our Lady of the Lake," the university actually has two lakes on its campus. Notre Dame's picturesque campus sits on 1,250 acres (5 km²) containing two lakes and 136 buildings.
The school was founded on November 26, 1842, by 28-year-old Rev. Edward Sorin, CSC, and six Holy Cross Brothers who were members of the Congregation of Holy Cross, founded in Le Mans, France, in 1837. The University's Roman Catholic character is physically manifest throughout the Notre Dame campus. The Basilica of the Sacred Heart is centrally located on campus. A statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary stands atop the Main Building's dome, there are chapels in every residence hall, and crucifixes in most classrooms on campus. 82% of the student body self-identifies as Roman Catholic.
- ...that Parke County, Indiana bills itself as the Covered Bridge Capital of the World (pictured) because it has more covered bridges than any other county in the United States?
- ...that during the American Civil War, Indiana, a Northern state, saw one township secede from the Union?
- ...that the Ryan White Care Act, responsible for U.S. federal government HIV/AIDS services, is named after Ryan White, a teenager who was expelled from his Indiana middle school in 1985 for having AIDS?
- ...that Paula Cooper, sentenced to death at age 15, had her sentence commuted in 1989 after an international uproar ensued and Pope John Paul II appealed to the Governor of Indiana for leniency?
- ...that the Hutsonville Bridge was a self-anchored suspension bridge that was controversially torn down in 1988, at the insistence of the Indiana Department of Transportation, despite the demolition company offering to donate 100,000 USD to preserve it instead?
- ...that despite a sight-impairment disability, Carl G. Fisher became a notable American entrepreneur, who helped develop sealed beam headlights, the Lincoln Highway (the first U.S. transcontinental paved roadway), the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and the resort city of Miami Beach, Florida?
John Herbert Dillinger ( June 22, 1903 – July 22, 1934) was an American bank robber, considered by some to be a dangerous criminal, while others idealized him as a latter-day Robin Hood. He gained this reputation (and the nickname "Jackrabbit") for his graceful movements during bank heists, e.g. leaping over the counter, and narrow getaways from police. His exploits, along with those of other criminals of the 1930s Depression era, such as Bonnie and Clyde and Ma Barker, dominated the attentions of the American press and its readers during what is sometimes referred to as the public enemy era, between 1931 and 1935.
Muncie is a city in Delaware County in east central Indiana, best known as the home of Ball State University and the birthplace of the Ball Corporation. It is the principal city of the Muncie, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. The area was first settled in the 1770s by the Delaware Indians,who had been transported from their tribal lands near the east coast to Ohio and eastern Indiana. They founded several towns along the White River including Muncietown, near the site of present-day Muncie. The tribes were forced to cede their land to the federal government and move further west in 1818, and in 1820 the area was opened to white settlers. The city of Muncie was incorporated in 1865.
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- To Improve to Featured standard: Indianapolis, Indiana
- To Expand: Evansville, Indiana, Fort Wayne, Indiana,Gary, Indiana, Northwest Indiana, New Harmony, Indiana, Maxwell, Indiana, Floyds Knobs, Indiana, Charlottesville, Indiana, Princeton, Indiana
- To Create: Madame Walker Theatre
- Lists to de-redlink: List of Indiana rivers, List of Governors of Indiana, List of United States Senators from Indiana, List of Indiana state forests, List of Indiana state parks, List of individuals executed in Indiana, List of towns in Indiana, List of Indiana railroads, List of Indiana state highways
- Lists to complete: List of school districts in Indiana, List of cities in Indiana by population, List of cities in Indiana by area, List of radio stations in Indiana, List of Indiana state forests, List of people from Indiana
- Wanted Pics/Graphics: County courthouses (whole northeast is done), better picture of the Wabash River that shows off the natural beauty (maybe fall, near Fort Ouiatenon), map of counties listed on East Central Indiana.
- Meta: Finish getting the basic project infrastructure set up; make an icon that looks less craptacular than the one currently in Template:WikiProject Indiana and update the template to use that one.
- Standing orders: Find articles that belong in Category:Indiana or its subcategories but aren't and put them there; tag those articles as well as any new, untagged articles that might appear in one of those categories.
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