Bainbridge (Indianapolis, Greencastle, Danville: rent, how much, buying a house)

[Patty41]

Hello. Can anyone tell me about this town in IN? Possible move there from Maine. Weather is a big issue for me..how much snow, etc. What are winters like?

[sweetana3]

According to mapquest, Bainbridge is directly west of Danville which is directly west of Indianapolis. Weather exactly the same as Indy. So do a search on our weather.

So far we have had snow which melted completely. Temp are going back to 50 for this week. We will have more snow but there was one year I planted my full garden in March and had acorn squash to eat end of June. Then there are a few years we had a blizzard in March but it is nothing like upstate NY or Maine and is gone fast. The issue with blizzards is the blowing snow causes drifts that play havoc with the hiways since we are a pretty flat state. But nothing lasts long.

Basically I tell people we have four distinct seasons with some snow in winter and hot/humid weather in summer. Pretty spring and fall weather.

Bainbridge is north of Greencastle and as I said west of Danville. I had never heard of it and have driven that road a lot. I think it is just a cross road stop and not a town or city as we would think of one.

[SJU]

There is not much of anything in Bainbridge. I've been through it many times....It's a place to stop along the rural highway for gas on your way to Rockville from Indianapolis. If you like quiet, rural, flat landscape, and not much to do, Bainbridge is it!

[bearscrafts]

I live about 30 min form Bainbridge, I live in a small town, (Cloverdale ) well I live outside of town.
As for the winters here, well some are worse than others, but all and all I think you will like the weather here a LOT better than Maine. Yes we get some snow here but it never stays for long.
As for there not being much to do in Bainbridge, well that just dependes! there is alot to do in and around there.
Greencastle is just a few min. away and they have just about anything you want.

[ec46201]

Here's what you will see in Bainbridge, IN (going east on 36) ...


1. Railroad tracks about 30 seconds into Bainbridge.
2. A BP about 45 seconds into Bainbridge.
3. Another BP about five minutes from the first BP.

thats it.

[mkat321]

Originally Posted by ec46201

Here's what you will see in Bainbridge, IN (going east on 36) ...


1. Railroad tracks about 30 seconds into Bainbridge.
2. A BP about 45 seconds into Bainbridge.
3. Another BP about five minutes from the first BP.

thats it.

Not quite, but meh.

For the sake of honestly in reporting...

36-
1. Town limit sign & 40 MPH speed limit sign
2. Town hall/utility offices/water tower
3. Fire Department {across 36 from Town Hall}
4. Railroad tracks
5. BP Fuel
6. Liquor Store {one of the oldest continualy open in IN FWIW}
7. Diner which still sells the largest tenderloins I've ever seen in my life, and I've traveled pretty extensively.
8. Stoplight
9. Dairy Bar
10. Bank
11. Family Dollar
12. Pizza joint
13. Town Burial Ground/Town Limit

the 2nd BP mentioned above is not in Bainbridge, and if one has reached it in 5 minutes, one had best be in a plane. The town marshall is down right sticky about the speed limit thing. 40 to the BP, 30 From the BP to the V, and 20 on the main drag or else

Down main street

1. Railroad Tracks
2. Grain mill
3. Bar
4. Post office
5. Lions Club Hall
6. One of the oldest video stores still owned by the original proprieter. Not a chain and def. not Nationally owned.
7. Coin Op Laundry- again one of the oldest, but not under original owner.
8. Century plus old church {methodist if I'm remembering correctly. I grew up going to the Christian church in Roachdale so never had much reason to know what denom various Bainbridge churches were}
9. Aforementioned V

It's not 'much' by most standards, but it is one of the few small towns in this part of the state still attracting new chain businesses {family dollar opened last year, year before?} without putting the mom & pop stores out of business. The people know each other well for the most part, and even after having been away for a couple years and living 25 minutes away in Greencastle for 10 years, I can still put money in my parents bank account, rent videos on their membership, or pull up beside the town marshall in his patrol car and make any number of wise cracks or facial expressions without getting arrested. The school system leaves alot to be desired, which is one of the reasons I chose to work while I husband was in school so we could contiue to live in Greencastle when I could have stayed home with the younger kids and my textbooks and gotten better grades had we moved to the Bainbridge area. We are moving to either South Carolina or Tenn. next summer, and I will miss Bainbridge and the people there far more than I will miss Greencastle and the people here.

[Abbiegirl]

We lived in Bainbridge for about a year before buying a house in Roachdale. If we could've bought a home in Bainbridge, we would have. It's a great little town!

[tessmarie61]

The weather is strange... our winters are getting warmer and the snowfall is becoming minimal. We have about 2 weeks of snow (the bad kind) The temps get as low as 0, but not like it use to... we are usually in the 20's for the coldest part. Ice & heavy snows are usually confined to February, but we do have some ice and snow before. Spring is gloomy then becomes so beautiful and green by May... June is hot, but July and August are hell fire!!! hahaha Topping out near 100... September is tempermental... sometime hot sometimes cold... day to day it changes, October these past few years have been rainy and cold. November is actually cold, but better than October (not so fickle). Rarely a white Christmas here, but it happens. Our schools close more than the surrounding counties due to drifting snow. A Lot of open fields! Strong winds.