Amo, Indiana
Amo is a small town in Clay Township, Hendricks County, Indiana, United States. It had 408 residents in 2020. The town was laid out in 1850 as Morristown by Joseph Morris and renamed Amo in 1855, a name that means “I love” in Latin. Amo was incorporated as a town in 1913.
Amo covers about 0.6 square miles of land and sits at around 830 feet in elevation. The Vandalia Trail, a multi-use path for hiking, biking, and horseback riding, runs near the town and is planned to connect to the National Road Heritage Trail from Terre Haute to Richmond. A three-mile section between Amo and Coatesville is maintained locally. The Amo THI & E Interurban Depot/Substation is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (2007).
In 2010, Amo had 401 people, 141 households, and 110 families. The town is mostly White, with a mix of other residents, and about half of households were married couples. The median age was around 38.
Amo is in the Mill Creek Community School Corporation. Mill Creek West Elementary is in Amo, and Cascade High School serves the district.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 15:46 (CET).