Muncie, Indiana

 city, county seat

www.cityofmuncie.com

City Incorporated: 1865
City of Muncie Population (2020): 65,195
Delaware County Population: 117,671

Muncie, Indiana is the county seat of Delaware County. The city is located approximately sixty miles northeast of Indianapolis and is bounded by Grant and Blackford Counties on the north, Jay and Randolph Counties on the east, Henry County on the south and Madison county on the west.

Muncie is home to Ball State University and is the birthplace of the Ball Corporation. Once a thriving manufacturing town, Muncie is now in a transition period of diversifying its economy.

Muncie is also the fictional home town of Garfield, Jon Arbuckle, and Odie in both the Garfield comic strip and all of the Garfield Features. Paws Incorporated, the company of Garfield's creator, nearby Marion, Indiana native Jim Davis, is also located northeast of Muncie.