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Bethel Village,Indiana:

Bethel Village is a Unincorporated Community near the City of Columbus, Indiana in Bartholomew County, Indiana.Bethel Village is in the Township of Wayne Township, Bartholomew County, Indiana. The small Village is home to Denois Creek a small little creek that runs through Bethel Village .Denois Creek in Bethel Village is located near Falcon Drive and Denoise Street.Bethel Village is home to Bethel Baptist Church a Baptist church in Bartholomew County, Indiana located on the intersection of Bethel Street and Deaver Road.Bethel Baptist Church has a burial site for Church Members and Residence of Bethel Village at Bethel Baptist Cemetery located across the street on Deaver Road (W County Road 350 S) and S County Road 50 W.South of the Unincorporated town of Bethel Village was a Airport in the Neighboring town of Walesboro, Indiana Just Across the street of Bethel Village on Deaver Road, The Walesboro, Indiana airfield was used as a civil airport for the city of Columbus, and later relocated and Currently is an Abandoned Airport.The Airport apparently started At some point between 1945-58 and later closed at some point between 1971-82.Currently Bethel Village is a Community in Bartholomew County that is experiencing Train Problems such as Trains blocking roadways for hours which happens a few times a year and currently Bartholomew County has had an increase of train traffic which hurts Locals getting to work and school causing them to be late waiting on a train to pass twenty minutes later and causing major traffic problems.

Bethel Village Floods:

Every year Bethel Village ,Indiana gets Flooded on Average about three times a year.When Flooded Falcon Drive in Bethel Village usually has water flowing over the street into Residents yards.


 * In June 2008 Bartholomew County, Indiana Residence in Bethel Village Was Evacuated due to the worst flood event in Bartholomew County history.During the June 2008 Flood Wayne Township Fire Department Evacuated Deaver Road,Bethel Street,Collier Street,Walnut street,Daugherty Street,Iris Street,Denoise Street,and portions of Falcon drive.The East Fork White River and Denois Creek was flooding Rural Farm land and Jonesville Road ( State Road 11 )near Bethel Village and Flooded nearby Walesboro, Indiana.


 * On July 15th 2015 Falcon Drive in Bethel Village Flooded. According to Floods of Columbus a Facebook page about Flooding in Bartholomew County, Indiana was started to raise Awareness because of the July 2015 Flooding in Bethel Village.


 * On April 3, 2018 Bartholomew County Emergency Management along with local public safety officials warned residents Tuesday night of flooding expected in Columbus, Indiana and Bartholomew County, Indiana.Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department deputies personally notified county residents that they were in flood areas or might have travel limitations due to high waters. Twenty-four such messages were delivered between 11:10 p.m. and midnight Tuesday, according to 911 logs.The Southern Indiana Chapter of the American Red Cross set up an emergency shelter at Donner Center (739 22nd St.) in Columbus at 11:30 p.m. Tuesday for residents in need of shelter.Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp announced Tuesday night that schools would be closed on Wednesday because of the high water.


 * June 14th 2018 Falcon Drive Flooded in Bethel Village.

References

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