New Lisbon, Indiana
Unincorporated community
New Lisbon is located in Indiana
New Lisbon
New Lisbon
New Lisbon is located in the United States
New Lisbon
New Lisbon
Coordinates: 39°51′48″N 85°15′47″W / 39.86333°N 85.26306°W / 39.86333; -85.26306
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyHenry
TownshipDudley
Elevation
1,129 ft (344 m)
ZIP code
47366
FIPS code18-53154[1]
GNIS feature ID440080[2]

New Lisbon is an unincorporated community in Dudley Township, Henry County, Indiana.

History

New Lisbon was originally called Jamestown, and under the latter name was platted in 1833.[3] Jamestown was named in honor of one of its founders, James Tomlinson, Jr. (1800-1881),[4] but it was afterwards changed because there was another post office in the state with a similar name.[3] It was then named after New Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio.[3] The New Lisbon post office was established in 1836.[5]

Geography

New Lisbon is located at 39°51′48″N 85°15′47″W / 39.86333°N 85.26306°W / 39.86333; -85.26306.

References

  1. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ↑ "New Lisbon, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 17, 2009.
  3. 1 2 3 Hazzard, George (1906). Hazzard's History of Henry County, Indiana, 1822-1906. G. Hazzard, author and publisher. pp. 956–957.
  4. ↑ "History of James Berry Tomlinson family genealogical organization with life sketches of members who have furnished them : also John Robert's family, our emerald jubilee, 1893 (sixty years) 1953". FamilySearch. James Berry Tomlinson Family Organization. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Henry County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 2, 2015.


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