Fulda, Indiana Explained

Official Name:Fulda, Indiana
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Indiana#USA
Pushpin Label:Fulda
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Indiana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Spencer
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Harrison
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Coordinates:38.1114°N -86.8361°W
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:148
Elevation Ft:486
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:47531
Area Code:812, 930
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:18-26116[2]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:434887

Fulda is an unincorporated community in Harrison Township, Spencer County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The Spencer County Memorial Forest features a World War II veterans memorial. There is a shooting match the first weekend of October.

History

Fulda was laid out in the 1840s.[3] The community was originally built up chiefly by Germans, who named it after Fulda, in Germany.[4] A post office was established at Fulda in 1850, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1995.[5]

The elementary school closed at the end of the 1972–73 school year; the following school year, all of the students were then bused to St. Meinrad to attend school.

St. Boniface Catholic Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Geography

Fulda is located at 38.1114°N -86.8361°W.

References

  1. Web site: US Board on Geographic Names. 2016-07-09. United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007.
  2. Web site: U.S. Census website . . 2008-01-31 .
  3. Book: History of Warrick, Spencer, and Perry Counties, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present . 1885. Goodspeed. 372.
  4. 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. 140. ..for their hometown, the German city of the same name..
  5. Web site: Spencer County . Jim Forte Postal History . January 6, 2017.