Claypool is a town in Clay Township, Kosciusko County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The post office at Claypool has been in operation since 1841.
Claypool was previously an important rail transportation hub because it was located at the junction of the Big Four and the Nickel Plate railroad lines.
Claypool is the hometown of two of Indiana's basketball greats, Judi Warren, who became the first Indiana Miss Basketball in 1976, and Kevin Ault, Indiana Mr. Basketball of 1996. Both played for Warsaw Community High School. Judi Warren was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002.
The town was also notable for the controversial local house church established for a time in the 1970s by Hobart Freeman.
Claypool was featured in an article in Time magazine in its September 8, 1980, issue.
In 2006 Claypool was selected by Louis Dreyfus Agriculture Industries, a Dutch Corporation, as the location for a new biodiesel manufacturing plant, which is now the largest integrated soybean processing and biodiesel plant in the United States
Geography
According to the 2010 census, Claypool has a total area of , of which (or 96%) is land and (or 4%) is water.
Demographics
2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 431 people, 155 households, and 115 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 176 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 95.1% White, 0.2% African American, 0.7% Native American, 0.9% Asian, 1.4% from other races, and 1.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.1% of the population.
There were 155 households, of which 37.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.6% were married couples living together, 14.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 8.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 25.8% were non-families. 20.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.13.
The median age in the town was 33 years. 26.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 11.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.8% were from 25 to 44; 23.9% were from 45 to 64; and 10.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 50.3% male and 49.7% female.
2000 census
As of the census