Greencastle, Indiana

**Greencastle** is a city in Greencastle Township, Putnam County, Indiana, United States, and the county seat of Putnam County.  Before Greencastle became a city in 1861, it was a town.  Greencastle, Indiana was founded in year 1821 by a man named Ephraim Dukes after he purchased and later sold some land to the local government.  This type of purchase is called a land grant. Ephraim Duke named the settlement for his hometown of Greencastle, Pennsylvania. The population was 9,820 at the 2020 census. It is located near Interstate 70 approximately halfway between Terre Haute and Indianapolis in the west-central portion of the state.  Greencastle is well known as being the location of DePauw University.

### 2020 census

As of the census of 2020, there were 9,820 people, 3,564 households, and 2,020 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 3,908 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 86.7% White, 2.5% African American, 0.3% Native American, 3.0% Asian, 3.2% from other races, and 4.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.0% of the population.

There were 3,564 households, of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.1% were married couples living together, 36.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 19.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 43.3% were non-families. 37.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76.

The median age in the city was 30.7 years. 18.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 24.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 20.9% were from 25 to 44; 19.7% were from 45 to 64; and 16.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.3% male and 52.7% female.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Greencastle, Indiana
- **settlement type**: City
- **image skyline**: GreencastleINCityHall.JPG
- **image caption**: City hall
- **image map**: File:Putnam County Indiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Greencastle Highlighted 1829358.svg
- **mapsize**: 250px
- **map caption**: Location of Greencastle in Putnam County, Indiana.
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: Indiana
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Indiana, County
- **subdivision name2**: Putnam County, Indiana, Putnam
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Indiana, Township
- **subdivision name3**: Greencastle Township, Putnam County, Indiana, Greencastle
- **government type**: Mayor–council government, Mayor–council
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **leader title1**: Clerk (municipal official), Clerk-treasurer
- **leader title2**: City council
- **leader name2**: Greencastle Common Council
- **area total km2**: 13.70
- **area land km2**: 13.57
- **area water km2**: 0.13
- **population as of**: 2020 United States Census, 2020
- **population total**: 9820
- **population density sq mi**: 1874.8
- **population density km2**: 723.8
- **timezone**: North American Eastern Time Zone, EST
- **utc offset**: -5
- **timezone dst**: Eastern Daylight Time, EDT
- **utc offset dst**: -4
- **area total sq mi**: 5.29
- **area land sq mi**: 5.24
- **area water sq mi**: 0.05
- **elevation ft**: 837
- **website**: http://www.cityofgreencastle.com
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 46135
- **area code**: Area code 765, 765
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 18-29358
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 2394980
- **unit pref**: Imperial