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Indian Old Fields, Kentucky

Coordinates: 37°56′45″N 84°00′00″W / 37.94583°N 84.00000°W / 37.94583; -84.00000
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Indian Old Fields
Indian Old Fields is located in Kentucky
Indian Old Fields
Indian Old Fields
Location within the state of Kentucky
Indian Old Fields is located in the United States
Indian Old Fields
Indian Old Fields
Indian Old Fields (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°56′45″N 84°00′00″W / 37.94583°N 84.00000°W / 37.94583; -84.00000
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyClark
Elevation
768 ft (234 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CST)
GNIS feature ID[1]

Indian Old Fields was an unincorporated community located in Clark County, Kentucky, United States.

The community takes its name from the Indian old field present when white settlers arrived. They discovered the Native American settlement of Eskippakaithiki, believed to be the last Indian village in Kentucky.[2] It was also named Indian Old Corn Field. It was established by Peter Chartier, the leader of a band of Shawnee, sometime in 1745.[3]

Further reading

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  • Beckner, Lucien (October 1932). "Eskippakithiki, The Last Indian Town in Kentucky". Filson Club History Quarterly. 6 (4).

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