New Fairfield, Indiana Explained

Official Name:	New Fairfield, Indiana
Pushpin Map:	Indiana#USA
Pushpin Label:	New Fairfield
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	United States
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Name1:	Indiana
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	Franklin
Subdivision Type3:	Township
Subdivision Name3:	Fairfield
Coordinates:	39.5069°N -84.9725°W
Elevation Ft:	981
Postal Code Type:	ZIP code
Postal Code:	47012
Blank Name:	FIPS code
Blank Info:	18-52884^[1]
Blank1 Name:	GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:	440045

New Fairfield is an unincorporated community in Fairfield Township, Franklin County, Indiana.

History

"Old" Fairfield was platted in 1815.^[2] New Fairfield was started on higher ground in the 1970s when impounding of the Brookville Reservoir destroyed the former village of Old Fairfield.^[3]

References

Web site: U.S. Census website. United States Census Bureau. 2008-01-31.
Book: History of Franklin County, Indiana . Windmill Publications . Reifel, August Jacob . 1915 . 161.
Book: Baker, Ronald L.. From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. registration. October 1995. Indiana University Press. 978-0-253-32866-3. 237. When Brookville Reservoir was constructed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the village of Fairfield was razed, and this relocated village....