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Notable location: Kentland Fire Department (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Hotel: Holiday Inn Express Kentland- In (205 S 7th St).
Courts: Newton County - Registration-Elections-Tdd Systems Court House Sq (Court House Square), Newton County - Newton Superior Court Courthouse- Courts- Newton Superior Court Small Cl (Court House).
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Newton County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Moderate Potential
Drinking water stations with addresses in Kentland and their reported violations in the past:
MILLERS MOBILE HOME PARK (Population served: 50, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-2002, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (AUG-30-2002), St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-30-2002), St Public Notif received (SEP-10-2002)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In OCT-1999, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (NOV-09-1999), St Violation/Reminder Notice (NOV-09-1999)
Past monitoring violations:
- CCR INADEQUATE REPORTING - Between DEC-15-2004 and DEC-31-2025, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (DEC-15-2004)
- Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu - Between JUL-01-1994 and SEP-06-1994, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (SEP-06-1994)
- One routine major monitoring violation
NEWTON COUNTY FAIR GROUNDS (Population served: 28, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- 5 routine major monitoring violations
- One regular monitoring violation
Drinking water stations with addresses in Kentland that have no violations reported:
- KENTLAND WATER WORKS (Population served: 1822, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 12.8%
(13.6% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 5.7% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This town: |  2.5 people | | Indiana: |  2.6 people |
| This town: | 64.7% | | Whole state: | 71.0% |
| This town: | 5.6% | | Whole state: | 5.3% |
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Kentland, IN
50 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Kentland compared to Indiana state average:
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage above state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Number of college students significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Kentland (2011 data):
- Fowler State Bank: Kentland Branch at 607 E. Lincoln Street, branch established on 2002/05/21. Info updated 2006/11/03: Bank assets: $132.4 mil, Deposits: $91.3 mil, headquarters in Fowler, IN, positive income, Agricultural Specialization, 4 total offices, Holding Company: Benton Financial Corporation
- Kentland Bank: at 111 North Fourth Street, branch established on 1932/09/19. Info updated 2011/08/16: Bank assets: $276.4 mil, Deposits: $223.2 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Agricultural Specialization, 5 total offices, Holding Company: Kenbancorp
- Kentland Federal Savings and Loan Association: Kentland Federal Savings And Loan As at 116 North Third St, branch established on 1920/01/01. Info updated 2011/07/21: Bank assets: $4.7 mil, Deposits: $3.6 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Mortgage Lending Specialization, 1 total offices
Fire-safe hotels and motels in Kentland, Indiana:
- Kent Lodge Motel, Hwy 41 & 52 N, Kentland, IN 47951
 , Phone: (219) 474-5191
- Holiday Inn Express, 205 S 7TH St, Kentland, IN 47951 , Phone: (219) 474-5700
All 2 fire-safe hotels and motels in Kentland, Indiana
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (90%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Newton County Indiana:
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Religion statistics for Kentland (based on Newton County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 32.93%
| Here | | 32.9% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | United Methodist Church | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | American Baptist Churches in the USA | Southern Baptist Convention |
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| Adherents | 27.5% | 22.8% | 11.7% | 11.5% | 9.5% |
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| Congregations | 13.0% | 30.4% | 8.7% | 8.7% | 8.7% |
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| Name | Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Lutheran Church | Assemblies of God | Other |
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| Adherents | 7.0% | 3.5% | 2.4% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
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| Congregations | 4.3% | 8.7% | 4.3% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 5 | Newton County: | 3.57 / 10,000 pop. | | Indiana: | 1.73 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 1 | Newton County: | 0.71 / 10,000 pop. | | Indiana: | 0.50 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 7 | Newton County: | 5.00 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 3.57 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 11 | Here: | 7.85 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 6.78 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 9.4% | | Indiana: | 9.2% |
Adult obesity rate: | Newton County: | 28.8% | | Indiana: | 29.0% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 15.4% | | State: | 14.3% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
1 | $2,810 | $33,720 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
1 | $3,790 | $45,480 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
2 | $5,993 | $35,958 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
2 | $4,751 | $28,506 | 0 | $0 |
| Solid Waste Management |
1 | $3,850 | $46,200 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
1 | $2,790 | $33,480 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $2,683 |
| Water Supply |
2 | $4,616 | $27,696 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
10 | $28,600 | $34,320 | 1 | $2,683 |
Kentland government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Air Transportation: $9,000 ($5.15)
- Charges - Sewerage: $379,000 ($216.82)
All Other: $21,000 ($12.01)
Parks & Recreation: $4,000 ($2.29)
- Current Operations - Sewerage: $329,000 ($188.22)
Water Utilities: $198,000 ($113.27)
Financial Administration: $123,000 ($70.37)
Police Protection: $77,000 ($44.05)
General - Other: $72,000 ($41.19)
Parks & Recreation: $67,000 ($38.33)
Regular Highways: $64,000 ($36.61)
Air Transportation: $33,000 ($18.88)
Central Staff Services: $2,000 ($1.14)
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,000 ($0.57)
- Federal Intergovernmental - Highways: $2,000 ($1.14)
- General - Interest on Debt: $24,000 ($13.73)
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $3,000 ($1.72)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $480,000 ($274.60)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $380,000 ($217.39)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $100,000 ($57.21)
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $41,000 ($23.46)
General Revenue, NEC: $19,000 ($10.87)
Rents: $11,000 ($6.29)
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $101,000 ($57.78)
General - Other: $25,000 ($14.30)
Parks & Recreation: $11,000 ($6.29)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $969,000 ($554.35)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $230,000 ($131.58)
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $140,000 ($80.09)
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $74,000 ($42.33)
General Support: $70,000 ($40.05)
All Other: $22,000 ($12.59)
- Tax - Property: $279,000 ($159.61)
NEC: $64,000 ($36.61)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $235,000 ($134.44)
7.61% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,372 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.61% | | Indiana average: | 6.54% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
8.32% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,849 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 8.32% | | Indiana average: | 6.56% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Kentland:
- WLS (890 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WLS, INC.)
- WYLL (1160 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: SCA LICENSE CORPORATION)
- WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WMVP (1000 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WGN (720 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WGN CONTINENTAL BROADCASTING CO.)
- WBBM (780 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WIBC (1070 AM; 50 kW; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
- WVIV (1200 AM; 20 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WLXX-AM LICENSE CORP.)
- WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
- WOWO (1190 AM; 50 kW; FORT WAYNE, IN; Owner: PATHFINDER COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
- WBAA (920 AM; 5 kW; WEST LAFAYETTE, IN; Owner: PURDUE UNIVERSITY)
- WGFA (1360 AM; daytime; 1 kW; WATSEKA, IL; Owner: IROQUOIS COUNTY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WIND (560 AM; 5 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: TICHENOR LICENSE CORPORATION ("TLC"))
Strongest FM radio stations in Kentland:
- WIVR (101.7 FM; KENTLAND, IN; Owner: MILNER BROADCASTING ENTERPRISES, LLC)
- WIBN (98.1 FM; EARL PARK, IN; Owner: BROTHERS BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WGFA-FM (94.1 FM; WATSEKA, IL; Owner: IROQUOIS COUNTY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WLQI (97.7 FM; RENSSELAER, IN; Owner: BROTHERS BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WAZY-FM (96.5 FM; LAFAYETTE, IN; Owner: ARTISTIC MEDIA PARTNERS L.P.)
- WVLI (95.1 FM; KANKAKEE, IL; Owner: MILNER BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WHPO (100.9 FM; HOOPESTON, IL; Owner: MARKET STREET BROADCASTING, LLC)
TV broadcast stations around Kentland:
- W34CD (Channel 34; QUINCY, IL; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- WYIN (Channel 56; GARY, IN; Owner: NORTHWEST INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING, INC.)
Kentland, Indiana:
- Fatal accident count: 9
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 13
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 2
- Fatalities: 13
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 23
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 2
Indiana average:
- Fatal accident count: 107
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 165
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 34
- Fatalities: 117
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 269
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 11
See more detailed statistics of Kentland fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2009 here
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 9
Total length: 9 meters (30ft)
Total costs: $583,000
Total average daily traffic: 4,442
Total average daily truck traffic: 251
Total future (year 2028) average daily traffic: 5,883
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Kentland)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 27 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 3 - 207 E Goss St (Lat: 40.774194 Lon: -87.445861), Call Sign: WGM389, Licensee ID: L00002583
Assigned Frequencies: 173.203 MHz, 154.463 MHz
Grant Date: 12/09/2000, Expiration Date: 02/25/2011
Registrant: Wabash Valley Power Association Inc, Indianapolis, IN 46224, Phone: (317) 247-1596 - Lat: 40.766833 Lon: -87.444444, Call Sign: WPUN408
Assigned Frequencies: 465.050 MHz
Grant Date: 04/01/2002, Expiration Date: 04/01/2012, Certifier: Charles B Flahive
Registrant: Lao 20128413, 102 E Middle St, Gettysburg, PA 17325, Phone: (800) 886-4222, Fax: (717) 337-9157, Email:
- Lat: 40.766722 Lon: -87.440111, Call Sign: WPYM789
Assigned Frequencies: 461.900 MHz, 466.900 MHz, 464.600 MHz, 469.600 MHz
Grant Date: 09/10/2003, Expiration Date: 09/10/2013, Certifier: Dave Ballenger
Registrant: Skylines Unlimited Inc, 100 Stone Church Road, Carlisle, PA 17013, Phone: (717) 218-5003, Fax: (717) 218-5005
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1 - STATION, 207 E Goss St (Lat: 40.774194 Lon: -87.445833), Overall height: 34.1 m, Call Sign: WNTM876
Assigned Frequencies: 952.718 MHz, 928.718 MHz
Grant Date: 01/04/2002, Expiration Date: 03/23/2012
Registrant: Phone: (202) 331-9495
FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers: 1 - Kentland Municipal Airport (Lat: 40.758361 Lon: -87.426694), Type: Building, Overall height: 8.1 m, Call Sign: KFJ4, Licensee ID: L01014148
Assigned Frequencies: 122.800 MHz
Grant Date: 06/14/2005, Expiration Date: 06/08/2015
Registrant: Kentland, Town Of
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 4 - Call Sign: KA9UGN, Licensee ID: L01338882
Grant Date: 11/05/2007, Expiration Date: 01/08/2018, Certifier: Gregory A Sumner
Registrant: Gregory A Sumner, 304 E Maple St, Kentland, IN 47951 - Call Sign: KC5LFJ, Licensee ID: L00986072
Grant Date: 03/04/2005, Expiration Date: 03/04/2015
Registrant: James E Large, 704 N. First Street, Kentland, IN 47951 - Call Sign: N9KCH
Grant Date: 09/04/1990, Expiration Date: 09/04/2000, Cancellation Date: 09/05/2002
Registrant: David S Dennis, Box 127, Kentland, IN 47951 - Call Sign: WA9GUH, Licensee ID: L01505446
Grant Date: 07/15/2009, Expiration Date: 07/15/2019
Registrant: Charles R Rheude, 302e. Maple St., Kentland, IN 47951
FAA Registered Aircraft: 1 - Aircraft: FORD BILL CHALLENGER II (Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: ROTAX 503 DCDI (52 HP) (2 Cycle)
N-Number: 3739V , Serial Number: CH2-0903-2374, Year manufactured: 2003, Airworthiness Date: 12/08/2007
Registrant (Individual): Bill Ford, 312 E Holley Dr, Kentland, IN 47951
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
Incident types - Kentland
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Kentland, IN
| Most common first names in Kentland, IN among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| John | 40 | 77.6 years |
| Robert | 26 | 70.2 years |
| Mary | 22 | 81.6 years |
| William | 21 | 79.7 years |
| Charles | 18 | 72.8 years |
| Dorothy | 15 | 77.6 years |
| George | 11 | 79.0 years |
| Anna | 10 | 85.6 years |
| Marie | 8 | 78.4 years |
| Donald | 8 | 71.3 years |
| Most common last names in Kentland, IN among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| Wilson | 14 | 79.1 years |
| Miller | 13 | 69.4 years |
| Bower | 12 | 80.8 years |
| Whaley | 12 | 81.0 years |
| Hall | 11 | 78.3 years |
| Johnson | 8 | 74.6 years |
| Murphy | 8 | 76.3 years |
| Taylor | 8 | 70.6 years |
| Ford | 7 | 80.3 years |
| Ross | 7 | 81.0 years |
| Businesses in Kentland, IN |
| Name | Count | | Name | Count |
| CVS | 1 | | McDonald's | 1 |
| H&R Block | 1 | | Red Roof Inn | 1 |
| Lane Furniture | 1 | | Subway | 1 |
- #32 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Office and administrative support occupations:"
- #86 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Plastics and rubber products"
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