Rensselaer
A city in Jasper County, Indiana — population 5,780 as of 2020.
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News around Jasper County
Evening lane closures to impact I-65 in White, Jasper Counties
WHITE & JASPER COUNTY, Ind. - The Indiana Department of Transportation announces intermittent evening lane closures on I-65 in both directions in White and Jasper Counties. Beginning on or after Wednesday evening, October 7, INDOT contractors will close one lane at a time on I-65…
Transportation
Indiana coal retirements delayed again as utilities seek to recover costs
Two Indiana coal-fired generating plants scheduled to retire last year must remain available through December under renewed Trump administration orders, prolonging a dispute over the cost of keeping the aging facilities on the grid. The latest federal directives cover two units…
GeneralIn and around Rensselaer
See & do
- 24 Seven Club Fit
- Brookside Park
- Embers Venue
- Fountain Stone Theaters
- Jasper County Historical Society, Indiana
Eat, drink & stay
- Arby's8848 W State Road 114
- Baymont by Wyndham Rensselaer
- Fenwick's
- Arby's865 S College Ave
- Holiday Inn Express Rensselaer
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Rensselaer by the numbers
- Area
- 6.73 sq mi (17.43 km²), 0 sq mi water
- Median age
- 30.8
- Households
- 2,127
- Persons per household
- 2.4
- Median household income
- $60,331
- Median house value
- $153,800
- Office
- MAYOR
- Address
- PO BOX 280, RENSSELAER, IN 47978