Blood, Trauma, and Biohazard Cleanup in Sullivan, IN

Sullivan is the county seat of Sullivan County, Indiana, the county's only incorporated city, and part of the Terre Haute metropolitan area.

Sullivan County was formed in January 1817 and named for Revolutionary War hero General Daniel Sullivan, and the Sullivan post office has been in operation since 1843.

The 2020 census counted 4,264 people and 1,921 households in the city of Sullivan.

Sullivan's history is rooted in coal mining, and on February 25, 1925, an explosion at a Sullivan coal mine killed 51 of the 122 miners underground; a second mine explosion in 1937 killed 20 more.

Sullivan's nickname is "Home of the Golden Arrows," after the teams of Sullivan High School, which serves the city through the Southwest School Corporation.

The Sullivan County Courthouse, at the center of the city's downtown square, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

In 1940, the U.S. Census Bureau determined that the mean center of the United States population — the point where the country would balance if every resident weighed the same — lay in Sullivan County.

On the night of March 31, 2023, a powerful EF3 tornado with winds up to 165 miles per hour tore through Sullivan, killing three people and damaging at least 200 structures.

Will H. Hays, the Sullivan native who served as U.S. Postmaster General and then became Hollywood's first morality czar as namesake of the Hays Code, is the city's most famous son.

Sullivan's motto is "Take time to care," reflecting the small-town character of a city of about 1.9 square miles built around its courthouse square.