what timezone is indianapolis indiana in?
North American Eastern Time Zone
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 Under the Unigov provision of Indiana Law , city @-@ county consolidation would have been automatic when Fort Wayne 's population exceeded 250 @,@ 000 and became a first class city in Indiana . Fort Wayne nearly met the state requirements for first class city designation on January 1 , 2006 when 12 @.@ 8 square miles ( 33 km2 ) of neighboring Aboite Township ( and a small section of Wayne Township ) including 25 @,@ 094 people were annexed . However , a 2004 legislative change raised the population requirements from 250 @,@ 000 to 600 @,@ 000 , which ensured Indianapolis ' status as the only first class city in Indiana . 

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 Chicago and Indianapolis are the two closest cities , geographically , to ever play in a Super Bowl ; at 182 miles ( 293 km ) apart ( connected by a route that is mostly Interstate 65 ) , they are slightly closer than New York and Baltimore , whose teams played each other at III ( 207 miles ) and XXXV ( 188 miles ) . This prompted Colts coach Tony Dungy to joke to Jim Nantz , at the end of the AFC Championship game , that the two teams should split the difference and play the game in Fort Wayne . 

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 After the war , increased wartime manufacturing and industrial growth ushered in a new era of economic prosperity , and Indianapolis 's population increased from 8 @,@ 000 in 1850 to 45 @,@ 000 at the end of 1864 . A real @-@ estate boom led to the establishment of new residential suburbs , but the city retained its slums . Indianapolis also experienced improvements to its public services , such as health care , utilities , street railways , and public schools . By 1880 Indianapolis was Indiana 's commercial and industrial center . Construction for the Soldiers ' and Sailors ' Monument began in 1888 , in the center of downtown Indianapolis , after decades of discussion . The city 's iconic monument was dedicated on May 15 , 1902 . 

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 The time and temperature number in Erie is 452 @-@ 6311 and was originally discontinued by Verizon in October 2008 before being restarted by a private individual two years later . The city of Erie and northwest Pennsylvania is located in area code 814 . On December 16 , 2010 , the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission ( PUC ) voted to split the area code , which was to take effect February 1 , 2012 . The North American Numbering Plan decided that northwest Pennsylvania would receive the new code of 582 . A local grassroots coalition began organizing an opposition to the plan , and generated numerous petitions for reconsideration . The PUC immediately voted to review their decision and ordered additional public input hearings and technical conferences as a response to the strong public outcry . In January 2011 , the PUC announced that it was placing the entire area code split plan on hold as NEUSTAR pushed the projected exhaustion date back two years to 2015 . 

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 Indiana 's economic situation improved after the war , particularly in Indianapolis ; its population increased from 8 @,@ 000 in 1850 to 45 @,@ 000 people at the end of 1864 . The city 's population exceeded 75 @,@ 000 by 1880 . As a result of the war , the city experienced a real @-@ estate boom . Real @-@ estate transactions increased from more than $ 1 million in 1860 to more than $ 5 million by 1870 . New residential suburbs , such as Irvington and Woodruff Place , were established , but Indianapolis still retained its slum areas . As the city grew , it also experienced a need for more public services , such as utilities and street railways , as well as an improved public school system . A street railway came to the city in the 1860s , the city established its first sewage system in 1869 , most of the city 's downtown streets were illuminated with gaslights by 1870 , and the first water supplied from a central waterworks was delivered to city residents in 1871 . Health care in the city also improved . Indianapolis City Hospital was equipped and staffed to begin treatment of civilian patients in 1866 . 
