Amity

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Amity is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Indiana, in the United States.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Fuzzy Vandivier

American basketball player-coach

Jon Schaffer

American guitarist

Andrew Duggan

actor (1923–1988)

Homer Bone

United States federal judge (1883-1970)

Jesse Overstreet

American politician (1859–1910)

Roger D. Branigin

Governor of Indiana (1902–1975)

Jon McGlocklin

American basketball player

Steve Alford

American basketball coach and player

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Max Terhune

actor (1891-1973)

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Anthony J. Bryant

American writer

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Clinton L. Armstrong

Union Army Medal of Honor recipient (1844-1899)

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Hal Fryar

American actor (1927-2017)

Lemuel Ertus Slack

American politician (1874-1952)

Marcellus M. Crocker

Union Army general (1830-1865)

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Marcus Peter Blakemore

American fraternity founder (1889-1959)

Maude Turner Gordon

actress (1868-1940)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Indiana

• Flat Rock
  10.3 mi away
• Cordry Sweetwater Lakes
  10.5 mi away
• Boggstown
  10.6 mi away
• Clifford
  12.3 mi away
• Bargersville
  13.3 mi away
• Fairland
  13.3 mi away
• Geneva
  15.5 mi away
• Hope
  15.5 mi away
• Columbus
  15.8 mi away · pop. 50,474
• Harrison Lake
  16.8 mi away
• Homecroft
  18.1 mi away
• Grandview Lake
  19.1 mi away

Browse all places in Indiana →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Amity

The Indiana Shorthorn Breeders' all bull show and sale

Indiana Shorthorn Breeders' Association · 1956

"Hoosier blue ribbon sale" registered shorthorn cattle, Saturday, November 10, 1956, 12:30 p.m. (D.S.T.)

Indiana Shorthorn Breeders' Association · 1956

The fourth annual round-up sale

H. W. Walker · 1958

Selling 55 head...Scotch & polled shorthorn sale

H. W. Walker · 1961

Unnatural Affections

George E. Haggerty · 1998

Turtles All the Way Down

John Green · 2017

Les Suprêmes

Edward Kesley Moore · 2014

A needle and a haystack

B. W. Wrighthard · 2013

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Scarlet Tanager

Piranga olivacea

Seen 2026-06-27

Cornflower

Centaurea cyanus

Seen 2026-06-25

Spring Peeper

Pseudacris crucifer

Seen 2026-06-25

Japanese Beetle

Popillia japonica

Seen 2026-06-25

purple coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Seen 2026-06-19

Western Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

Seen 2026-06-19

common milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Seen 2026-06-19

Eastern Box Turtle

Terrapene carolina carolina

Seen 2026-06-17

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

Seen 2026-06-13

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Nearest stream gauge

Live readings from USGS NWIS · measured 2026-06-28 18:15 UTC.

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Amity, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.