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Greensburg

a city of Indiana, the county-seat of Decatur co.

Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St.

Louis railroad. The city is the center of an important agricultural and natural gas region. In the neighborhood are imtries include flour mills and a wire factory. It is the seat of the State Odd Fellows' Home, and has a park and a portant limestone quarries. Its indus- Fellow public library. Pop. (1910) 5,420; (1920) 5,345. mill supplies, cotton goods goods, saw-mill maimportant trade in tobacco, cotton, coal, and iron. Its industries include cottonchinery, nery, furniture, fertilizers, etc. It is theran colleges for negroes. Its public the seat of the Greensboro Female College, the State Normal and Industrial College for white women, the State Agricultural and Mechanical College for colored students, and the Bennett and Lubuildings include a Masonic Home, a public library, several hospitals, and 2 parks. Pop. (1910) 15,895; (1920) 19,861.

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