New Fairfield, Indiana

New Fairfield, Indiana
Unincorporated community
New Fairfield is located in Indiana
New Fairfield
New Fairfield
New Fairfield is located in the United States
New Fairfield
New Fairfield
Coordinates: 39°30′25″N 84°58′21″W / 39.50694°N 84.97250°W / 39.50694; -84.97250
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyFranklin
TownshipFairfield
Elevation
[1]
981 ft (299 m)
ZIP code
47012
FIPS code18-52884[2]
GNIS feature ID440045[1]

New Fairfield is an unincorporated community in Fairfield Township, Franklin County, Indiana.

History

"Old" Fairfield was platted in 1815.[3] New Fairfield was started on higher ground in the 1970s when impounding of the Brookville Reservoir destroyed the former village of Old Fairfield.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: New Fairfield, Indiana
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ Reifel, August Jacob (1915). History of Franklin County, Indiana. Windmill Publications. pp. 161.
  4. ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. When Brookville Reservoir was constructed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the village of Fairfield was razed, and this relocated village...


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