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Bicknell, Indiana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Vigo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47512. The Survey maps it on the Bicknell quadrangle. 3,029 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 528 feet above sea level.

Bicknell within Knox County

Population over time

2 figures

Bicknell grew from 2,915 to 3,029 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20102,915
20203,029+114 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bicknell: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Apex Intrnat Alloys/ Bicknell, IndAluminumUnknown

Every working recorded in Knox County

Storms near this place

47 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bicknell in 47 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 27 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 6 flash flood, 3 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2025Thunderstorm WindBicknell$100,000Thunderstorm winds downed an old communication tower onto a cable line and utility pole at 108 North Cleveland Street. These winds also downed a communication line down.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindBicknell$50,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and lines at numerous spots in town, including roof damage to a structure on Lawton Street.
May 2002Flash FloodBicknell$50,000Roads flooded.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindBicknell$40,000A 70 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured at this location. Nearby a tree was downed onto a car along with large tree branches falling on a house.
February 2019Flash FloodBicknell$25,000Multiple roads were flooded all across the county due to flash flooding from heavy rainfall.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindBicknell$25,000Trees, approximately 16 inches in diameter, were reported downed and some on top of cars in Bicknell due to thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2015Flash FloodBicknell$20,000A water rescue was performed at a home surrounded by water near 4th and Thomas Street due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall. High water was also surrounding a trailer on Durbin Street.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindBicknell$15,000A tree fell on a house in Bicknell due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindBicknell$10,000Several trees and utility lines down throughout Knox County in the Bicknell, Bruceville, Edwardsport, and Vincennes areas due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBicknell$5,000Thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees and limbs in the area.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindBicknell$4,000Parts of metal roofing was blown off of a factory due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindBicknell$2,000Two trees of unknown size were downed in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindBicknell$2,000A tree was downed across a power line between 9th and 10th Streets on Vigo Street.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindBicknell$2,000A tree and power lines were downed due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2008FloodBicknell$2,000Street flooding occurred in Bicknell due to heavy rain.
May 2008Flash FloodBicknell$2,000Flash flooding was reported on Wheatland Avenue in Bicknell due to heavy rain.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBicknell$1,000Tree blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindBicknell$1,000Thunderstorm winds downed a tree onto Indiana Route 67 between Bicknell and Edwardsport.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindBicknell$1,000A five foot diameter tree was snapped at the base along 9th Street due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindBicknell$1,000A tree was reported down across the road in the vicinity of the intersection of Alexander Street and West Davis Lane due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Tree appeared to be healthy and approximately 8 inches in diameter.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindBicknell$500A window was busted out of a building in downtown Bicknell, at the intersection of 2nd and Main Streets, due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
April 2013FloodBicknell$500The intersection of 4th and Thomas Streets was flooded due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. Also, Bicknell Road was nearly underwater and 7th Street in the 600 block was flooded as well.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindBicknell$250Large tree limb downed by thunderstorm wind gust on Freelandville Road. Time estimated from radar.
January 2012FloodBicknell$250Standing water, due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall, was observed in this location.
March 2026HailBicknell-Numerous hail reports near Bicknell and the surrounding countryside of hail up to 2 inches.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindBicknell-A 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was estimated at this location.
August 2023HailBicknell-Training storms continued to produce near-severe hail across northern Knox County, including nickel hail in Bicknell.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindBicknell-A 70 mph thunderstorm wind gust was estimated at this location.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindBicknell-A thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 60 mph was observed in this location and relayed via amateur radio.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindBicknell-An estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed in this location.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindBicknell-An estimated 70 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed in this location.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindBicknell-An estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed in this location.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindBicknell-A 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured in this location.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindBicknell-A 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was estimated in this location. Some small hail was also observed.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindBicknell-An estimated thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph was reported in Bicknell.
November 2011HailBicknell-Golf ball sized hail was observed on State Route 159 between Bicknell and Freelandville.
May 2009Flash FloodBicknell-Rainwater flooded county roads between Bicknell and Oaktown.
April 2006Flash FloodBicknell-State Road 67 and numerous county roads were flooded in Bicknell. No property damage was reported.
August 2005Heavy RainBicknell-3.82 inches of rain fell in Bicknell.
April 2012HailBicknell-no account filed
April 2012HailBicknell-no account filed
January 2012HailBicknell-no account filed
April 2007HailBicknell-no account filed
September 2006HailBicknell-no account filed
April 2000HailBicknell-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindBicknell-no account filed
June 1997HailBicknell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Knox County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Johnstown1.1 miles14
Ragsdale2.2 miles14
Indian Creek Settlement3.7 miles14
Edwardsport3.9 miles14
Bruceville5.8 miles15
Freelandville6.2 miles14
Wagner Station6.7 miles14
Westphalia7.5 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on BicknellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1826106The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 431003. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.