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Hendricks County Economic Development Partnership

Cinda Kelley, Executive Director

317-745-2400   |  kelley@hcedp.org  |  WEBSITE

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The Hendricks County Economic Development Partnership (HCEDP) is committed to showing the world just what a prime location for business Hendricks County, Indiana truly is.

Please take just a few minutes to observe what our residents enjoy every day: a perfect location for business, but an even better location to live.

Partnership Mission:

To complete effectively for quality economic development through out Hendricks County by providing unified, proactive public/private leadership.

Partnership Economic Development Goals
  1. To increase the number of quality jobs.
  2. To increase the non-resident share of the tax base.
  3. To provide leadership through public/private partnership to support the infrastructure, land use planning, and business park development necessary for quality economic growth.

Hendricks County

Hendricks County was created on December 28, 1823 and was formed from Delaware New Purchase and Wabash New Purchase.

The County was named for Governor of Indiana William Hendricks.

The County Seat is Danville and was named after Daniel Bales, one of the proprietors, and was first settled in 1825, by Nathan Kirk, Levi Jessup, James L. Given, James Wood and P. L. Dickens. By 1849 Danville contained a brick Courthouse, a County Seminary with about sixty students, 125 dwelling houses and had a population of 500.

Hendricks County is divided into 12 Civil Townships as follows: Brown, Center, Clay, Eel River, Franklin, Guilford, Liberty, Lincoln, Marion, Middle, Union and Washington.

Cities, Towns and Communities include Amo, Avon, Belleville, Bridgeport, Brownsburg, Cartersburg, Center Valley, Clayton, Clermont Heights, Coatesville, Danville, Friendswood, Gale, Hadley, Hazelwood, Joppa, Lizton, Magnetic Springs, Maplewood, Montclair, Nash, New Winchester, North Belleville, North Salem, Pecksburg, Pittsboro, Plainfield, Raintown, Reno, Six Points, Stilesville and Tilden.

Number of Households -51,269

Median Age - 35.6

Hendricks County Population - 134,558