Indiana · Census place 1826242

Galveston, Indiana

Galveston is a town in Cass County, Indiana with an estimated 1,275 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 270th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,275
#270 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
-0.7%
-9 people
Land area
0.6 sq mi
Density
2,237 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Galveston. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Galveston population, 2020 to 2024

Galveston lost 9 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.7%. In the latest year it moved by -6.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,287. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Galveston covers 0.57 square miles of land, for 2,237 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Galveston is denser than the typical town.

What county Galveston is in

All of Galveston's residents live in Cass County, which had 37,559 residents in 2024. Galveston holds 3.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Galveston

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Galveston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 46932. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Galveston is

The Census internal point of Galveston is at 40.576700, -86.192300. Indianapolis, the capital, is 55.8 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kokomo, IN (60,093 people), 8.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Carmel, IN, 42.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.576700, -86.192300
DMS
40°34'36.12"N 86°11'32.28"W
UTM
16N 568361.9E 4492081.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GMHRG5+M3

Daylight in Galveston

At 40.58° N, Galveston gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Galveston

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Kokomo, 8.5 miles away, with 60,093 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Galveston, IN?

1,275 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 9 (0.7%) from 1,284 in July 2020.

What county is Galveston in?

Cass County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Galveston?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 46932.

How far is Galveston from Indianapolis?

55.8 miles (89.9 km) in a straight line, heading S from Galveston.

What is the nearest larger city to Galveston?

Kokomo, IN, with 60,093 residents, 8.5 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.