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Alexandria Community Profile

Alexandria City Government

Alexandria is a class 3 city with a paid Mayor and seven member city council. Other Alexandria elected officials: City Clerk and Judge. State Officials located in community: License Branch. Federal Office located in community: US Postal Office, Police Department: 13 patrol officers. Fire Department (paid fire department): 12 fire fighters, appointed by Board of Safety and Public Works.

Population 1980 1990 1994 1996 2000
Alexandria 6,028 5,709 6,004 6,090 6,260
Madison County 139,336 130,669 132,768 133,551 133,539

Tax Information
1998 Tax Rate: $12.21
1999 Tax Rate: $$12.5179
2000 Tax Rate: $12.59
2001 Tax Rate: $12.90

Primary County 12/2000
Unemployment Rate is 2.6%

Contiguous Counties 1993 Fact Book

Population Square Miles Employment Unemployment
Delaware 120,400 393.3 59,870 5.9%
Grant 74,169 414 33,550 7.5%
Tipton 16,100 260.4 8,285 4.8%
Hancock 47,500 306.2 24,440 3.6%

Transportation
Truck: 4 ( Lee's Express , R & L , American Express , Red Gold )
Rail: Norfolk Southern and CSX
Highway: State Road 9 north and south / State Road 28 east and west
Interstate: I-69 ( 8 miles east of Alexandria access from State Road 28 and 332)

Commercial Airports
Delaware County Airport:
Distance from Alexandria: 20 miles
Runway length: widest 650 feet long by 150 feet wide, longest 5,000 feet long by 200 feet wide
Anderson Airport:
Distance from Alexandria: 12 miles
Runway length: 5,401 feet long by 100 feet wide
Indianapolis International Airport
Distance from Alexandria: 55 miles

Utilities
American Electric Power (AEP):
Ameritech (Phone): Residence Business
Insight (Cable):
Vectren (Gas):
Water/Sewer:

Water System
Alexandria Water Works: Water source: 2 city wells; Type of water treatment: Pressurized filtration, chlorination, and fluoridation; Daily use: 0.8 million gallons per day; Storage Capacity: 0.5 million gallons; Average Pressure in system: 60 gallons per square inch.

Sanitary Sewer System
Current daily capacity: 3.6 million gallons per day; Current daily use: 1.4 million gallons per day; Current daily excess: 2.2 million gallons, Activated sludge extended aeration and oxidation disposal system.

Medical Services
Anderson, Indiana
Saint Johns Health Systems (Hospital), 13 miles south
Community Hospital of Anderson and Madison County, 12 miles south  - Elwood, Indiana

St. Vincent Mercy Hospital, 9 miles west

Alexandria, Indiana
Alexandria Health Care of Saint Johns
Alexandria Medical Arts Building of Community Hospital
Alexandria Medical Associates, St. Vincent's Hospital

Education

Public Schools  Enrollment Phone
Superintendents Office 1,824
Alexandria-Monroe High School 581
Alexandria-Monroe Middle School 439
Orestes Elementary School 137
Cunningham Elementary School 236
Marie Thurston Elementary School 439
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Private School
St. Mary's School(K-8)  81
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Christian School
Alexandria Christian Academy(PreK-12) 45
Higher Education
Anderson University: Anderson:  12 miles south
Ball State University, Muncie:  20 miles east
Taylor University, Upland:  25 miles northeast
Indiana Wesleyan, Marion:  23 miles north
Ivy Tech, Anderson:  15 miles south

Major Employers

Name Product Union Employees
Red Gold  Tomato Products No  575+250 for packing
Kennedy Tool Machine and Tool No  200 (100 Tool/100 Assembly)
U.S. Leisure/Resin Patio Furniture No  140
Goodman Wire & Metal Products No  20-30
Ram Graphics Silk Screen Printing No  30
The Glove Corp Fire Resistant Cloth No  18
Fix & Sons, Inc. Stainless Steel Animal Compartments No  11
Hobart Tool Gage & Tool  No  3
Wells Boiler Works Boilers  No  12
School Corporation 165
Gaither Music Company 100
City of Alexandra 60

Markets within 300 Miles
Indianapolis: 45 miles
Fort Wayne: 75 miles
Chicago, Illinois: 190 miles
Cleveland, Ohio: 257 miles
Cincinnati, Ohio: 113 miles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: 276 miles
St. Louis, Missouri: 274 miles
Detroit, Michigan: 244 miles

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