Indian Old Fields, Kentucky

Indian Old Fields
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°56′45″N84°00′00″W / 37.94583°N 84.00000°W / 37.94583; -84.00000
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Clark
Elevation	768 ft (234 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CST)
GNIS feature ID	[1]

Indian Old Fields was an unincorporated community located in Clark County, Kentucky, United States.

The community takes its name from the Indian old field present when white settlers arrived. They discovered the Native American settlement of Eskippakithiki, believed to be the last Indian village in Kentucky. ^[2] It was also named Indian Old Corn Field. It was established by Peter Chartier, the leader of a band of Shawnee, sometime in 1745. ^[3]

Further reading

• Beckner, Lucien (October 1932). "Eskippakithiki, The Last Indian Town in Kentucky". Filson Club History Quarterly. 6 (4).

See also

• Eskippakithiki

References

1. "Indian Old Fields, Kentucky". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Federal Writers' Project (1996). The WPA Guide to Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. p. 242. ISBN   0813108659 . Retrieved November 24, 2013.
3. Charles Augustus Hanna, The Wilderness Trail: Or, The Ventures and Adventures of the Pennsylvania Traders on the Allegheny Path, Volume 1 The Wilderness Trail: Or, The Ventures and Adventures of the Pennsylvania Traders on the Allegheny Path, Putnam's sons, 1911