// Workers AI · dad joke modeIs New Fairfield, Indiana a good place? It's fair.
New Fairfield, Indiana | |
|---|---|
  New Fairfield Location within Indiana  New Fairfield Location within the United States | |
| Coordinates: 39°30′25″N 84°58′21″W / 39.50694°N 84.97250°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Franklin |
| Township | Fairfield |
| Elevation | 981 ft (299 m) |
| ZIP code | 47012 |
| FIPS code | 18-52884[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 440045[1] |
New Fairfield is an unincorporated community in Fairfield Township, Franklin County, Indiana.
History
[edit]"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
[edit]- 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: New Fairfield, Indiana
- ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ↑ Reifel, August Jacob (1915). History of Franklin County, Indiana. Windmill Publications. pp. 161.
- ↑ 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...
Municipalities and communities of Franklin County, Indiana, United States | ||
|---|---|---|
| City |  | |
| Towns | ||
| Townships | ||
| CDPs | ||
| Other communities | ||
| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
 | This Franklin County, Indiana location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |