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New Santa Fe, Indiana

Coordinates: 40°40′25″N 85°59′16″W / 40.67361°N 85.98778°W / 40.67361; -85.98778
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New Santa Fe, Indiana
New Santa Fe is located in Indiana
New Santa Fe
New Santa Fe
New Santa Fe is located in the United States
New Santa Fe
New Santa Fe
Coordinates: 40°40′25″N 85°59′16″W / 40.67361°N 85.98778°W / 40.67361; -85.98778
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyMiami
TownshipButler
Elevation801 ft (244 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46970
FIPS code18-53604[2]
GNIS feature ID440116[1]

New Santa Fe is an unincorporated community in Butler Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1]

History

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New Santa Fe had its start when the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway was extended to that point, missing the older town of Santa Fe, from which the new community took its name.[3] The plat for New Santa Fe is dated 1902.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: New Santa Fe, Indiana
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ Bodurtha, Arthur Lawrence (1914). History of Miami County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Pub. p. 199.
  4. ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. This village was platted on July 25, 1902... ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. 241