New Fairfield, Indiana

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New Fairfield, Indiana
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New Fairfield
Coordinates: 39°30′25″N84°58′21″W / 39.50694°N 84.97250°W / 39.50694; -84.97250
Country United States
State Indiana
County Franklin
Township Fairfield
Elevation
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981 ft (299 m)
ZIP code
47012
FIPS code 18-52884 [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]

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References

  1. 1 2 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...