Marshfield, Indiana Explained

Official Name:Marshfield
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community and Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:USA Indiana Warren County#Indiana#USA
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Indiana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Warren
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Steuben
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1857
Named For:Marshfield, Massachusetts
Area Total Sq Mi:0.16
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:41
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Coordinates:40.2506°N -87.4519°W
Elevation Ft:692
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:47993
Area Code:765
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:2806525
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:0.41
Area Land Sq Mi:0.16
Population Density Sq Mi:256.25
Population Density Km2:99.15

Marshfield is a small unincorporated community in Steuben Township, Warren County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History

The town of Marshfield was platted on May 22, 1857, and named for Marshfield, Massachusetts, the home of statesman Daniel Webster.[2] A post office was established on April 6, 1857, which operated until 1989. In 1870, the population was 150 and, by 1900, it had grown to 250. In the late 1800s, the town had a dry goods store, a hotel, three churches, three saloons, two blacksmith shops, a grain warehouse, a wagon and carriage manufactory, a grocery store, a drug store and three physicians.[3]

In 2007, Marshfield consisted of a number of private residences, a grain elevator, a church and a body shop.

Geography

Marshfield is located in open farmland on County Road 450 South, about west of State Road 63, at an elevation of . Chesapeake Creek begins just east of town, and an early village named Chesapeake once stood about to the east. A Norfolk Southern Railway line runs along the east side of town, from Danville, Illinois, in the southwest to Lafayette in the northeast; the line carries about 45 freight trains per day.[4]

Demographics

References

  1. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. March 16, 2022.
  2. Book: Indiana Place Names . Baker . Ronald L. . Carmony . Marvin . Indiana University Press . 1975 . Bloomington, Indiana . 98.
  3. Book: A History of Warren County, Indiana . Warren County Historical Society . 1966.
  4. Web site: Warren County Transportation/Utilities . Warren County Local Economic Development Organization . 2010-09-12.