Nine-County Region
Nine-County is the central 9-county area of Indiana, comprising the greater Indianapolis metropolitan area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Indianapolis and Anderson.
Indianapolis
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Indianapolis is the capital of Indiana and also the state’s largest city. Efforts to beautify and modernize the city have brought Indianapolis into the 21st century as a world-class destination for everything from business meetings and trade conventions to backpackers making their way across the States.
Anderson
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Anderson is a small city in the Nine-County Region of Indiana, home to a nice downtown and the impressive Paramount Theatre. The city was named after Chief William "Adam" Anderson who was part Delaware Indian, and platted around 1827.
Shelbyville
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Shelbyville is a city in Addison Township, Shelby County, in the U.S. state of Indiana and is the county seat. The population was 20,067 as of the 2020 census.
Destinations to Discover
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Carmel
Carmel is a city of just over 100,000 people in the Nine-County Region of Indiana north of Indianapolis.
Fishers
Fishers is a city in the Fall Creek and Delaware townships in Hamilton County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 98,677.
Noblesville
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Noblesville is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Indiana, United States, a part of the north Indianapolis suburbs along the White River.
Greenfield
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Greenfield is a city in and the county seat of Hancock County, Indiana, United States. It lies in Center and Brandywine townships and is part of the Indianapolis metropolitan area.
Martinsville
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Martinsville is a city in Washington Township, Morgan County, Indiana, United States. The population was 14,980 at the 2020 United States census. The city is the county seat of Morgan County.
Lebanon
Lebanon is a city in and the county seat of Boone County, Indiana, United States. The population was 16,662 at the 2020 census. Lebanon is located in central Indiana, approximately 29 miles northwest of downtown Indianapolis and 36 miles southeast of Lafayette.
Westfield
Westfield is a city in Hamilton County, Indiana, United States. It is a northern suburb of Indianapolis. As of 2023, the population was 58,410. Westfield is in the Indianapolis metropolitan area.
Franklin
Franklin is a city and southern suburb of Indianapolis in the Nine-County Region of Indiana, home to Franklin College and an aesthetic Colonial Revival city hall.
Greenwood
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Greenwood is a city in Johnson County, Indiana, United States. The population was 63,830 at the 2020 Census. Greenwood is located southeast of central Indianapolis between Interstate 65 and Interstate 69.
Plainfield
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Plainfield is a town in Guilford, Liberty, and Washington townships, Hendricks County, Indiana, United States. The population was 27,631 at the 2010 census, and in 2022 the estimated population was 36,074.
Brownsburg
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Brownsburg is a town in Hendricks County, Indiana, United States. In the 2020 census, the population was recorded as 28,973 residents.
Avon
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Avon is a town in Washington and Lincoln Townships, Hendricks County, Indiana, United States. The population was 21,474 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Indianapolis metropolitan area.
Zionsville
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Zionsville is a wealthy suburb of Indianapolis in Central Indiana, drawing visitors mainly for its quaint main street shopping area.
Danville
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Danville is a town in and the county seat of Hendricks County, Indiana, United States. The population was 10,559 at the 2020 census.
Cumberland
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Cumberland is in the Nine-County Region of central Indiana, in the Midwestern United States of America. The town of 6,000 people straddles Hancock and Marion counties in Indiana.
Cicero
Cicero is a town in Jackson Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, United States, north of Indianapolis. The population was 5,301 at the 2020 census. Cicero is notable for welcoming teenaged AIDS activist Ryan White to its community in 1987.
Edinburgh
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Edinburgh, not that Edinburgh, is a small town in the Nine-County Region of Indiana, most notable for its outlets.
Nine-County Region
- Type: metropolitan statistical area with 2,110,000 residents
- Description: metropolis centered on Indianapolis
- Also known as: “Indianapolis metro area”, “Indianapolis metropolitan area”, “Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson metropolitan area”, “Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area”, “Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area”, “Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood metropolitan area”, “Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area”, “Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN MSA”, and “Indianapolis–Carmel–Greenwood, IN MSA”
- Location: Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude of center
39.85° or 39° 51′ northLongitude of center
-86.2° or 86° 12′ westPopulation
2,110,000Wikidata ID
Q3575924
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In Other Languages
From French to Urdu—“Nine-County Region” goes by many names.
- French: “aire métropolitaine d’Indianapolis”
- French: “Zone métropolitaine d’Indianapolis”
- German: “Metropolregion Indianapolis”
- Hausa: “Yanayin yankin Indianapolis”
- Italian: “Regione delle nove contee”
- Japanese: “インディアナポリス都市圏”
- Persian: “ایندیاناپولیس متروپولیتن اریا”
- Persian: “منطقه کلانشهری ایندیاناپولیس”
- Slovenian: “metropolitansko območje Indianapolis”
- Spanish: “Area metropolitana de Indianapolis-Carmel”
- Spanish: “Área metropolitana de Indianápolis-Carmel”
- Spanish: “Area metropolitana de Indianapolis”
- Spanish: “Área metropolitana de Indianápolis”
- Urdu: “انڈیاناپولس میٹروپولیٹن علاقہ”
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