Old Town, Indiana | |
Settlement Type: | Ghost town |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Warren |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Pike |
Coordinates: | 40.2581°N -87.3867°W |
Pushpin Map: | USA Indiana Warren County |
Pushpin Label: | Old Town |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Warren County |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 47991 |
Elevation M: | 209 |
Elevation Ft: | 686 |
Area Code: | 765 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 440606 |
Old Town is an extinct town located in Pike Township in Warren County, Indiana, and the original site of what is now the town of West Lebanon.
It was platted in the fall of 1830 by Ebenezer Purviance, John G. Jemison and Andrew Fleming, and was originally named Lebanon. When the Wabash Railroad was built through the area in 1856, it passed about a mile north of the community, and so most of the town shifted to be nearer the station. When the town incorporated in 1869 (under the name West Lebanon) it was at the new location by the railroad, and the original site came to be known as Old Town.[2]
A number of buildings are still in and around Old Town, and it is still cited by the USGS.
Old Town is located at 40.2581°N -87.3867°W, near the intersection of what is now Old Highway 63 and County Road 400 South.