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Sellersburg, Indiana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Silver Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47172. It stands on Camp Run. The Survey maps it on the Speed quadrangle. 9,310 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 486 feet above sea level.

Sellersburg within Clark County

Population over time

2 figures

Sellersburg grew from 6,128 to 9,310 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
20106,128
20209,310+3,182 (+52%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Sellersburg: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Jeffersonville PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sellersburg Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Speed MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Speed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this place

47 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sellersburg in 47 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 13 flash flood, 4 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
February 2018Flash FloodSellersburg$50,000Water rescues were reported by local media at North Indiana Avenue in Sellersburg.
November 2013FloodSellersburg$5,000The Clark County, Indiana emergency manager reported that a car drove into standing water near Lakeside Drive. The occupants had to be rescued. This area received between 3 and 4 inches of rain over the previous 6 hours before this rescue.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindSellersburg-There were multiple trees and power lines down between Villa Drive and Broadway Street. There was also a transformer fire.
December 2025Thunderstorm WindSellersburg-A tree fell on power lines on Ohio Avenue.
March 2023FloodSellersburg-Standing water was reported over roadways and normally dry ground in several areas across Sellersburg and Clark County.
March 2023Flash FloodSellersburg-Water was observed flowing over Lakeside Drive in Sellersburg.
May 2020Flash FloodSellersburg-Highway 31 was closed in two spots in Sellersburg due to flooding between Utica Street and State Road 311, and Popp Avenue and Linnwood Avenue. Local streets are also water covered.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindSellersburg-A tree blew onto a home near Oak Street and Hauss Avenue. Other trees and power lines were reported down in the area.
October 2020HailSellersburg-The broadcast media relayed a viewer's photo of 1.5 inch hail.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindSellersburg-Local law enforcement reported that downed trees were blocking a roadway.
April 2017FloodSellersburg-Clark County reported roads were closed due to flooding.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindSellersburg-Local law enforcement reported trees down due to severe thunderstorm winds in Sellersburg.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindSellersburg-Trained spotters estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindSellersburg-Local law enforcement reported trees down in the area due to severe thunderstorm winds.
April 2015Flash FloodSellersburg-The public reported that water 12 inches deep was swiftly moving over Shirley Avenue. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain fell on top of saturated ground.
July 2015Flash FloodSellersburg-A public report was received of numerous street flooding due to excessive rainfall and intense rain rates. Much of Clark County received 3 to locally 4 inches in a span of 60 to 90 minutes.
December 2015HailSellersburg-A report was received via social media of 1 inch diameter hail in Sellersburg.
October 2014HailSellersburg-A Facebook image showed hail up to one inch covering the ground in Sellersburg.
September 2014Heavy RainSellersburg-A spotter in Sellersburg measured just over 2 inches of rain in a two hour period ending at 3:30 am EDT.
April 2014Heavy RainSellersburg-A rain gauge near Sellersburg associated with the Louisville Metropolitan Sewer District measured 4.49 inches within a 36 hour period.
April 2014Flash FloodSellersburg-Dean Road, located in Sellersburg, was flooded and became briefly impassable.
May 2014HailSellersburg-Quarter sized hail was reported in Sellersburg.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindSellersburg-Local media reported some small trees and numerous branches downed just north of Sellersburg.
June 2009Flash FloodSellersburg-Highway 31 on the south side of Sellersburg was closed due to high water.
June 2009Heavy RainSellersburg-Broadcast Media reported 3.98 inches of rain in about three hours near Sellersburg.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindSellersburg-Shingle damage was reported near the airport.
October 2009Flash FloodSellersburg-Sections of US 31 were closed between Speed and Henryville. Parts of Indiana 160 were closed near Charlestown. Numerous other roads were closed throughout the county.
August 2009Flash FloodSellersburg-A water rescue of a person in a vehicle was performed in the Lakeside Estates community.
August 2009Flash FloodSellersburg-Highway 31 was closed due to high water between Sellersburg and Henryville.
August 2009Flash FloodSellersburg-A water rescue from a vehicle was performed on HWY 31 near Sellersburg.
August 2009HailSellersburg-One inch hail was falling at the police department.
April 2008FloodSellersburg-The intersection of Bean Road and the Utica-Sellersburg Road was under water.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindSellersburg-Trees were downed.
July 2004Flash FloodSellersburg-Several roads were covered by high water.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindSellersburg-Trees and power lines were downed.
April 1999HailSellersburg-Quarter size hail reported near Sellersburg
March 2025HailSellersburg-no account filed
July 2014HailSellersburg-no account filed
March 2012HailSellersburg-no account filed
March 2012HailSellersburg-no account filed
April 2011HailSellersburg-no account filed
April 2009HailSellersburg-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindSellersburg-no account filed
December 2001Flash FloodSellersburg-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindSellersburg-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindSellersburg-no account filed
May 1996HailSellersburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clark 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
Speed1.0 miles14
Hamburg1.2 miles14
Perry Crossing3.1 miles14
Cementville3.4 miles21
Bennettsville3.4 miles14
Prather3.5 miles15
Slatecut3.5 miles14
Springville4.1 miles15

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 SellersburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3287732The 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 449730. 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.