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Fishersburg is an unincorporated community in Stony Creek Township, Madison County, Indiana.

Fishersburg
Unincorporated community
Fishersburg
Fishersburg
Coordinates: 40°04′19″N 85°51′34″W
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyMadison
TownshipStony Creek
Elevation
846 ft (258 m)
ZIP code
46051
GNIS feature ID449656[1]

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 lies on the border with Hamilton County.


References


  1. "Fishersburg, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  2. John La Rue Forkner (1914). History of Madison County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 135.
  3. Forkner, John La Rue; Dyson, Byron H. (1897). Historical Sketches and Reminiscences of Madison County, Indiana. Wilson, Humprheys & Co. p. 955.
  4. "Madison County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2015.



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