Indiana · Census place 1840266

Knightstown, Indiana

Knightstown is a town in Henry County, Indiana with an estimated 2,158 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 194th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 2,158; #194 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020: +0.6%; +13 people
Land area: 1.1 sq mi
Density: 2,055 / sq mi; State median 1,645

Orange pin: Knightstown. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Measure from here

Tools and pages that start from Knightstown

Knightstown population, 2020 to 2024

Knightstown added 13 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.6%. In the latest year it moved by -2.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,146. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Knightstown covers 1.05 square miles of land, for 2,055 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Knightstown is denser than the typical town.

What county Knightstown is in

All of Knightstown's residents live in Henry County, which had 49,081 residents in 2024. Knightstown holds 4.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Knightstown

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Knightstown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 46148. 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 Knightstown is

The Census internal point of Knightstown is at 39.795500, -85.530800. Indianapolis, the capital, is 33.4 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is New Castle, IN (17,382 people), 12.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fishers, IN, 25.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 39.795500, -85.530800
DMS: 39°47'43.80"N 85°31'50.88"W
UTM: 16N 625786.3E 4406092.5N
Geohash: dp54msw3e
Plus code: 86FPQFW9+6M

Daylight in Knightstown

At 39.80° N, Knightstown gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Knightstown

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is New Castle, 12.1 miles away, with 17,382 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Knightstown, IN?

2,158 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 13 (0.6%) from 2,145 in July 2020.

What county is Knightstown in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Knightstown?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 46148.

How far is Knightstown from Indianapolis?

33.4 miles (53.7 km) in a straight line, heading W from Knightstown.

What is the nearest larger city to Knightstown?

New Castle, IN, with 17,382 residents, 12.1 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.

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