Fishersburg, Indiana

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Fishersburg, Indiana
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Coordinates: 40°04′16″N85°51′40″W / 40.07111°N 85.86111°W / 40.07111; -85.86111
Country United States
State Indiana
County Madison
Township Stony Creek
Area
[1]
  Total0.16 sq mi (0.4 km2)
  Land0.16 sq mi (0.4 km2)
  Water0.0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
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850 ft (260 m)
ZIP code
46051 (Lapel)
GNIS feature ID2830394 [2]

Fishersburg is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Stony Creek Township, Madison County, Indiana, United States.

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History

Fishersburg was laid out in 1837. [3] Charles Fisher started the first store. [4]

A post office was established in Fishersburg in 1837 and was closed in 1904. [5]

Geography

Fishersburg is located in the center of the state, just west of the larger town of Lapel at the intersection of Indiana State Roads 32 and 13. It is bordered to the west by Hamilton County. Anderson, the Madison county seat, is 10 miles (16 km) to the east by SR 32, and Noblesville, the Hamilton county seat, is 8 miles (13 km) to the west.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Fishersburg CDP has an area of 0.16 square miles (0.41 km2), all land. [1] Stony Creek, a west-flowing tributary of the White River, forms the southeast edge of the community, separating it from the town of Lapel.

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References

  1. 1 2 "2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Indiana". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fishersburg, Indiana
  3. John La Rue Forkner (1914). History of Madison County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 135.
  4. Forkner, John La Rue; Dyson, Byron H. (1897). Historical Sketches and Reminiscences of Madison County, Indiana. Wilson, Humphreys & Co. p. 955.
  5. "Madison County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2015.