Painted Hills, Indiana

Painted Hills, Indiana
Painted Hills, Indiana
Census-designated place
	Location in Morgan County, Indiana
	Coordinates: 39°23′47″N 86°20′58″W / 39.39639°N 86.34944°W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Morgan
Township	Jackson
Area
• Total	1.95 sq mi (5.05 km2)
• Land	1.73 sq mi (4.48 km2)
• Water	0.22 sq mi (0.57 km2)
Elevation	719 ft (219 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	766
• Density	442.77/sq mi (171.01/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	46151 (Martinsville)
Area code	765
GNIS feature ID	2629876
FIPS code	18-57632

Painted Hills is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jackson Township, Morgan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.^[2] Its population was 766 as of the 2020 census,^[3] up from 677 in 2010.^[4] The community is located on the shores of Lake Holiday and Lake Nebo southeast of Martinsville, the Morgan county seat. The two lakes are a combined 196 acres (79 ha) in size.^[5]

Geography

Painted Hills is located in southeastern Morgan County. Indiana State Road 252 forms the northeast border of the community, leading northwest 5 miles (8 km) to Martinsville and southeast the same distance to Morgantown.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has an area of 1.95 square miles (5.05 km²), of which 1.73 square miles (4.48 km²) are land and 0.22 square miles (0.57 km²), or 11.37%, are water.^[1] The lakes in the community, shown as Painted Hills Lake and Little Nebo Lake on federal maps, are built on Camp Creek, a south-flowing tributary of Indian Creek, which leads northwest to the White River south of Martinsville.