Indianford, Wisconsin

Indianford, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
The Rock River at Indianford
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Coordinates: 42°48′15″N89°05′28″W / 42.80417°N 89.09111°W / 42.80417; -89.09111
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Rock
Elevation	807 ft (246 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	608
GNIS feature ID	1581155 [1]

Indianford (also Fosters Ferry, Fulton Center, Indian Ford, or Morses Landing) is an unincorporated community located in the town of Fulton, in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States, on the Rock River. ^{[1] [2]} The Rock River is dammed at Indianford. ^[3]

History

The area of the modern-day community of Indianford was first established in 1837 just east of the town of Fulton, Wisconsin. ^[4] The settlement was named Indian Ford or Indianford due to the rivers historical use as a ford across the Rock River by a local hamlet of Meskwaki or Sauk people near Lake Koshkonong. ^[4] The first recorded settler of Indianford was William B. Foster who operated a ford and ferry on the Rock River, hence the settlement near the ferry was often referred to as Foster's Ferry. ^[4] The landing was purchased a year later in 1838 by Lyman Morse who operated the ferry and nicknamed it Morse's Landing. ^[4] The first bridge across the Rock River was not built until 1845 in order to build a dam. ^[4] The village's formal name according to historian William Fiske Brown was known as Fulton Center due to its close association and proximity to the city of Fulton, Wisconsin. ^[4]

Notes

1. "Indianford, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Wisconsin Hometown Locator
3. "Indianford Dam". Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
4. Brown, William Fiske (1908). Rock County, Wisconsin; a new history of its cities, villages, towns, citizens and varied interests, from the earliest times, up to date. New York Public Library. Chicago, C. F. Cooper & co. pp. 670, 684–686.