Bethany is an unincorporated community in Harrison Township, Bartholomew County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

[1] An old variant name of the community was called South Bethany.

[1] A post office was established under this name in 1861, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1903.

Bethany appeared as a separately-returned community in only one U.S. Census.

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