Velpen
Velpen is an census-designated place in southeastern Marion Township, Pike County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It lies along State Road 257 southeast of the city of Petersburg, the county seat of Pike County.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Pike County, Indiana
- Also known as: “Velpen, IN” and “Velpen, Indiana”
- Postal code: 47590
Places in the Area
Nearby places include White Sulphur Springs and Pikeville.
White Sulphur Springs
Hamlet
Sweet Sulphur Springs, previously known as White Sulphur Springs, was a popular health resort and hotel near Velpen, Indiana, United States. Operating from the 1890s to 1914, it was renowned for the supposed medicinal properties of the sulphur springs near the hotel. White Sulphur Springs is situated 2 miles north of Velpen.
Pikeville
Hamlet
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Pikeville is an unincorporated community in Lockhart Township, Pike County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Pikeville is situated 2½ miles south of Velpen.
Millersport
Hamlet
Millersport is an unincorporated community in Madison Township, Dubois County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Millersport is situated 2½ miles east of Velpen.
Velpen
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Marion Township, Pike, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.35533° or 38° 21′ 19″ northLongitude
-87.10195° or 87° 6′ 7″ westElevation
492 feet (150 metres)Open location code
86CJ9V4X+46OpenStreetMap ID
node 153758378OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to South Azerbaijani—“Velpen” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “韋爾彭 (印地安納州)”
- Chinese: “韋爾彭”
- French: “Velpen”
- Gilaki: “ولپن (اينديانا)”
- Gilaki: “ولپن”
- Persian: “ولپن، ایندیانا”
- Persian: “ولپن”
- South Azerbaijani: “ولپن، ایندیانا”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Velpen”. Photo: Chris Flook, CC BY-SA 4.0.