New Elizabethtown, Indiana

New Elizabethtown, Indiana
Unincorporated community
New Elizabethtown is located in Indiana
New Elizabethtown
New Elizabethtown
New Elizabethtown is located in the United States
New Elizabethtown
New Elizabethtown
Coordinates: 38°55′02″N 85°59′13″W / 38.91722°N 85.98694°W / 38.91722; -85.98694
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyJackson
TownshipBrownstown
Elevation
[1]
584 ft (178 m)
ZIP code
47274
FIPS code18-52848[2]
GNIS feature ID440042[1]

New Elizabethtown is an unincorporated community in Brownstown Township, Jackson County, Indiana.

History

New Elizabethtown was formerly called Elizabethtown.[3] It was laid out in 1836.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: New Elizabethtown, Indiana
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ 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. This village, earlier called Elizabethtown...
  4. ^ History of Jackson County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Unigraphic. 1886. p. 369.