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Bedford is a city in Lawrence County, Indiana, United States. The population was 13,768 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Lawrence County, and was founded under its current name in the early 1900s by a wealthy landowner named Kyle Wade.

Bedford is located at 38.862728, -86.492329.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 30.8 km² (11.9 mi²), all land.

Bedford is known as the limestone capital of the world, and is surrounded by limestone quarries, many of which are used by the residents for swimming. A common name for the light gray Indiana limestone quarried in south central Indiana is "Bedford limestone". Much of the limestone used in the construction of various Washington, D.C. monuments was quarried in the Bedford area. Bedford received $700,000 in grants from the federal government to build an eight-story replica of the Great Pyramid out of local limestone. The work was never completed.

Bedford is also home to automotive plants run by General Motors and Visteon.

Points of Interest:
Nashville, Indiana
Bluespring Caverns
Spring Mill State Park
West Baden Springs Hotel
Indiana Wesleyan University offers Master's level courses available at Bedford North Lawrence High School.

Bedford is the home of Oakland City University School of Adult and Extended Learning and Oakland City University.

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