New Fairfield is an unincorporated community in Fairfield Township, Franklin County, Indiana.
New Fairfield, Indiana | |
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  New Fairfield  New Fairfield | |
| 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] |
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- ^ a b 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...
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