Cumberland, IN Road Trips
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Trip Routes
2
Longest Drive
108.6 mi
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Quickest Drive
27m
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Cumberland, IN by the Numbers
Recent demographic snapshot from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
Population
6,154
Median Income
$84,167
Median Home Value
$241,200
Median Age
38.3
Source: US Census Bureau ACS 5-year (public domain). See our methodology for details.
Cumberland, IN at a Glance
Founded
1831
Elevation
853 ft
Area
2 mi²
City data from Wikidata (Q958240), available under CC0. Photos from Wikimedia Commons under their respective licenses. See our methodology for details.
Traveler Guide to Cumberland, IN
Cumberland is in the Nine-County Region of central Indiana, in the Midwestern United States of America. The town of 6,000 people (2020) straddles Hancock (east) and Marion (west) counties in Indiana.
The town prides itself on retaining a small town character alongside accessibility to a major metropolis. Additionally, the downtown is situated along the historic Old National Road and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
There are four parks: National Road Park, Honors Park, Lions Park, and Wayburn St. Pocket Park. Throughout much of the year, you can play pick-up basketball at Lions and National Road Parks. Additionally, Lions has a tennis court and baseball diamond. Both have shelters, gazebos, and play equipment for children.
If you like an easy walk, go along the Cumberland Pennsy Trail. An annual celebration of Cumberland's citizens is held in Honors Park. The Cumberland Arts Goes to Market festival was founded in 2009 to merge the local arts community with the farmers market; it is held in late summer. The Market is open on Tuesday nights and Saturday mornings from May through October.
Sero's Family Restaurant, 11720 E. Washington St, ☏ +1 317 894-5570. M–Sa 6AM to 9PM, Su 6AM to 8PM. Sero's offers up American, Greek, Italian, and Mediterranean dishes in an historic diner. Enjoy greasy spoon favorites like a patty melt alongside Greek lasagna and mushroom barley soup.
The Admiral Motel, 11200 E. Washington St, ☏ +1 317 894-3325. This tiny one-story motel is the only place to sleep in town.
Driving, the main route in is the Old National Road, known as US 40. This east–west backbone of the old highway system used to run coast to coast and can still take you out to the town's namesake of Cumberland, Maryland. If you're in Indianapolis, the local bus system IndyGo has a route to deliver you to Cumberland. You can reach the town just south of I-70 and close to Indianapolis' beltway loop I-465.
The town is small enough to walk or bike easily. Public transport is not an option.
Travel tips adapted from Cumberland (Indiana) on Wikivoyage, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Content summarized; visit the source for the full article. See our methodology for how we use it.
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