New Fairfield, Indiana
New Fairfield, Indiana | ||
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FIPS code 18-52884[2] | | |
GNIS feature ID | 440045[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]
References
- ^ 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.
- 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...