Fulda is an

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in Harrison Township, Spencer County, in the

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. The Spencer County Memorial Forest features a

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veterans memorial. There is a shooting match the first weekend of October.

History

Fulda was laid out in the 1840s. The community was originally built up chiefly by Germans, who named it after

Fulda Fulda () (historically in English called Fuld) is a town in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (''Kreis''). In 1990, the town hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival. History ...

, in Germany. A post office was established at Fulda in 1850, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1995. The elementary school closed at the end of the 1972–73 school year; the following school year, all of the students were then bused to St. Meinrad to attend school. St. Boniface Catholic Church was listed on the

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in 1980.

Geography

Fulda is located at .

References

Unincorporated communities in Spencer County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana {{SpencerCountyIN-geo-stub