New Philadelphia, Indiana
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New Philadelphia is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in Franklin Township, Washington County, in the
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of
Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...
.


History

New Philadelphia was originally called Philadelphia, and under the latter name was laid out in 1837. A post office was established at New Philadelphia in 1833, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1938.


Geography

New Philadelphia is located at .


Notable people

* John M. Bloss 1860, third President of
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, was born in New Philadelphia.


References

Unincorporated communities in Washington County, Indiana 1837 establishments in Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana Populated places established in 1837 {{LouisvilleMSA-stub