Barce
Barce is an unincorporated community in Center Township, Benton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Originally known as East Fowler, a railroad station on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Coal Railroad, the platted community was renamed after Lyman Barce around 1890.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Benton County, Indiana
- Also known as: “Barce, IN” and “Barce, Indiana”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Benton County Courthouse and Fowler Theatre.
Benton County Courthouse
Courthouse
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Benton County Courthouse is a Second Empire style building in Benton County, Indiana that was built in 1874. It was nominated for listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008, and it was listed on the National Register on August 1 of that year. Benton County Courthouse is situated 2 miles west of Barce.
Fowler Theatre
Movie theater
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fowler Theatre is a historic theater located at Fowler, Indiana. It was built in 1940, and is a one-storey, Art Deco style movie theater. It is a red brick building on a concrete foundation and features the original marquee. Fowler Theatre is situated 2½ miles west of Barce.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Swanington and Atkinson.
Swanington
Hamlet
Swanington is an unincorporated community in Center Township, Benton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. Swanington is situated 2½ miles south of Barce.
Atkinson
Hamlet
Atkinson is an unincorporated community in Center Township, Benton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The site of Atkinson is home to the county's only junior/senior high school, Benton Central. Atkinson is situated 4½ miles south of Barce.
Wadena
Hamlet
Wadena is an unincorporated community in Union Township, Benton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. Wadena is situated 5 miles north of Barce.
Barce
- Categories: unincorporated community and locality
- Location: Center Township, Benton, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.62087° or 40° 37′ 15″ northLongitude
-87.27668° or 87° 16′ 36″ westElevation
810 feet (247 metres)Open location code
86GJJPCF+88OpenStreetMap ID
node 153628508OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to South Azerbaijani—“Barce” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “巴斯 (印地安納州)”
- Chinese: “巴斯”
- French: “Barce”
- Irish: “Barce”
- Persian: “بریس، ایندیانا”
- Persian: “بریس”
- South Azerbaijani: “بارس، ایندیانا”
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