Fishersburg, Indiana Explained

Official Name:Fishersburg, Indiana
Pushpin Map:Indiana#USA
Pushpin Label:Fishersburg
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Indiana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Madison
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Stony Creek
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Sq Mi:0.16
Area Land Sq Mi:0.16
Area Water Sq Mi:0.0
Population As Of:2020
Coordinates:40.0711°N -85.8611°W
Elevation Ft:850
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:46051 (Lapel)
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:2830394

Fishersburg is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Stony Creek Township, Madison County, Indiana, United States.

History

Fishersburg was laid out in 1837.[2] Charles Fisher started the first store.[3]

A post office was established in Fishersburg in 1837 and was closed in 1904.[4]

Geography

Fishersburg is located in the center of the state, just west of the larger town of Lapel at the intersection of Indiana State Roads 32 and 13. It is bordered to the west by Hamilton County. Anderson, the Madison county seat, is 10miles to the east by SR 32, and Noblesville, the Hamilton county seat, is 8miles to the west.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Fishersburg CDP has an area of 0.16sqmi, all land.[1] Stony Creek, a west-flowing tributary of the White River, forms the southeast edge of the community, separating it from the town of Lapel.

References

  1. Web site: 2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Indiana . United States Census Bureau . April 12, 2023.
  2. Book: John La Rue Forkner. History of Madison County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. 1914. Lewis Publishing Company. 135.
  3. Book: Historical Sketches and Reminiscences of Madison County, Indiana . Wilson, Humphreys & Co. . Forkner, John La Rue . Dyson, Byron H. . 1897 . 955.
  4. Web site: Madison County . Jim Forte Postal History . 1 January 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111949/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Madison . 4 March 2016 .