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Welcome to New Farmington ...

New Farmington is located in Jackson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of New Farmington, you might consider that their post office opened in 1852.

New Farmington is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: New Farmington lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for New Farmington: 812 & 930<3>

Communities near New Farmington ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near New Farmington.

  • Scottsburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • North Vernon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Austin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Brownstown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Crothersville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Medora
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Medora is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medora
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
  • Elizabethtown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
  • Dupont
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Vernon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jonesville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around New Farmington. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for New Farmington.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of New Farmington. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Farmington.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around New Farmington. See our Newspapers Page for New Farmington.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for New Farmington ...

Looking for more information about New Farmington? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to New Farmington, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for New Farmington.

Adding New Farmington to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of New Farmington in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for New Farmington was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the New Farmington post office opened in 1852. The New Farmington post office closed in 1868.

For more details, see References and Mentions for New Farmington.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around New Farmington - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 812 code has been Overlayed with the 930 area code. New phone numbers in the New Farmington area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the New Farmington area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/