Whitcomb Heights is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in
Sugar Creek Township,
Vigo County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...
.
It is officially part of
West Terre Haute, Indiana
West Terre Haute is a town in Sugar Creek Township, Vigo County, Indiana, on the western side of the Wabash River near Terre Haute. The population was 2,236 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bethany ...
. Whitcomb Heights is part of the
Terre Haute metropolitan area
The Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area, also known as the Wabash Valley, is the 227th largest Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in the United States. Centering on the city of Terre Haute, it was originally formed by the United States ...
.
Geography
Whitcomb Heights is located at at an elevation of 561 feet. The community of Whitcomb Heights is located on an eminence alongside State Road 150.
Community
There are no commercial or industrial businesses located in the area. Atop the hill the community is located on are many cornfields and residential dwellings . The tiny community is also home to a park known as Lee Fields Parks as tiny as the community is.
References
Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Vigo County, Indiana
Terre Haute metropolitan area
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