Talk:New Amsterdam, Indiana

Blogger's evidence for inaccuracy of census figure
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 * In addition, New Amsterdam has two churches and a general store; this is also serves as evidence against the town having a population of one.

This provides no such evidence. Given that, according to the article New Amsterdam is only 0.1 square miles large, it is not unreasonable to assume that the churches may serve members who live nearby, but outside the boundaries of New Amsterdam, and that (likewise) the general store may have customers who live nearby, but outside New Amsterdam's borders. Some of his other evidence is more persuasive (such as the family on the lawn). Of course, this does not preclude the possibility that the house was outside the technical borders of New Amsterdam. (In my town, I know that there are many places where the border between my town and the surrounding townships are not precisely or clearly marked.) - Cafemusique 11:23, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Now I am still looking for a good outside reference, but I have actually went to New Amsterdam and asked the lady at the general store how many people live in there and she said 27. I asked her how many in 2000 and she said 24. I also asked them if they knew the census said their population was 1, and they said yes but they blame it on the senile town trustee. Which is funny, but true. The town has a trustee who was elected by the town.. So.. Let us do some figuring here, why does the town have a trustee if the town has one person, and that person was not the only person to vote, so why have an election if only person lives in the town and is eligible to vote? Follow me? Also, by the by, the general store has a HUGE amount of history on the town. I am intending to go there on new amsterdam festival to get some more info for this article.Cool10191 (talk) 21:21, 25 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Fixed, per 2010 US CENSUS. •  Sbmeirow  •  Talk  •  00:35, 28 August 2012 (UTC)