Town of Speedway, Indiana
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Seal
Nickname(s): Home of the 500, The Racing Capital of the World
Location in the state of Indiana
Coordinates: 39°47′31″N 86°15′0″W / 39.79194°N 86.25°W / 39.79194; -86.25Coordinates: 39°47′31″N 86°15′0″W / 39.79194°N 86.25°W / 39.79194; -86.25
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Marion
Township	[Marion County, Indiana
Founded	1926
Government
- Town Council
Area
- Town	4.8 sq mi (12.3 km2)
- Land	4.8 sq mi (12.3 km2)
- Water	.01 sq mi (02 km2)
Elevation	744 ft (227 m)
Population (2000)
- Town	12,882
- Density	2,708.9/sq mi (1,047/km2)
- Metro	1,939,349
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	46224
Area code(s)	317
FIPS code	18-71828
GNIS feature ID	0443930
Website	http://www.townofspeedway.org/

Speedway is a town in Wayne Township, Marion County, Indiana, United States. The population was 12,881 at the 2000 census. Speedway is the home of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, from which the town derives its name, and is a complete enclave of Indianapolis.

City for the horseless carriage

The town of Speedway was developed as a city of the future. Meant to be a testing ground much like the famed race track which is its namesake, Speedway was designed to be a city that was hospitable to the car. In a time when Indianapolis streets were often the narrow orange brick thoroughfares laid by Alexander Ralston in the 1920s and 1930s, the town had homes with garages for cars.

Geography

Speedway is located at 39°47′31″N 86°15′0″W / 39.79194°N 86.25°W / 39.79194; -86.25 (39.791943, -86.249988).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 4.8 square miles (12.3 km²). 4.8 square miles (12.3 km²)of it is land and 0.21% is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 12,882 people, 6,151 households, and 3,278 families residing in the town. The population density was 2,708.9 people per square mile (1,047.0/km²). There were 6,636 housing units at an average density of 1,395.6 per square mile (539.4/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 83.16% White, 11.89% African American, 0.28% Native American, 1.61% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 1.20% from other races, and 1.85% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.63% of the population.

There were 6,151 households out of which 24.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.6% were married couples living together, 12.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.7% were non-families. 39.4% 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 2.08 and the average family size was 2.78.

In the town the population was spread out with 20.9% under the age of 18, 10.1% from 18 to 24, 31.5% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 17.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 89.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.9 males.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway from the air.

The median income for a household in the town was $37,713, and the median income for a family was $49,005. Males had a median income of $36,756 versus $26,954 for females. The per capita income for the town was $21,468. About 5.6% of families and 8.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.7% of those under age 18 and 9.5% of those age 65 or over.

Education

• The School Town of Speedway has six campuses and an enrollment of approximately 1,650 students.
• St Christopher School

See also

• Burger Chef murders
• Brett Kimberlin

Famous residents

• Joyce DeWitt

1. ^ ^{a b} "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
3. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23. 

Municipalities and communities of Marion County, Indiana County seat: Indianapolis Cities Beech Grove | Indianapolis (balance) | Lawrence | Southport Town Speedway Townships Center | Decatur | Franklin | Lawrence | Perry | Pike | Warren | Washington | Wayne Included towns (see Unigov) Clermont | Crows Nest | Cumberland‡ | Homecroft | Meridian Hills | North Crows Nest | Rocky Ripple | Spring Hill | Warren Park | Williams Creek | Wynnedale Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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