Farnsworth, Indiana
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|official_name = Farnsworth, Indiana
|settlement_type = Ghost town
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|subdivision_type = Country
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|subdivision_name2 = Sullivan
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|subdivision_name3 = Cass
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
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|coordinates = {{coord|39|05|57|N|87|19|18|W|region:US-IN|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2016-09-28|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=October 25, 2007}}
|elevation_m = 158
|elevation_ft = 518
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|postal_code = 47882
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Farnsworth was a former town in Cass Township, Sullivan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.{{Cite web |title=Farnsworth (historical), Township of Cass, Sullivan County, Indiana, United States |url=https://www.mindat.org/feature-4257379.html |website=mindat}}{{Cite web |title=Cass Township, Farnsworth, Dugger, Calidonia |url=https://historicmapworks.com/Map/US/1574515/Cass+Township++Farnsworth++Dugger++Calidonia/Sullivan+County+1930c/Indiana/ |website=Historic Map Works}}{{Cite web |title=A history of Sullivan County, Indiana, closing of the first century's history of the county, and showing the growth of its people, institutions, industries and wealth |url=https://ia600306.us.archive.org/22/items/historyofsulliva01wolf/historyofsulliva01wolf.pdf |website=Internet Archive}}
History
Extensive strip mining in the area caused the town of Farnsworth to become extinct.{{cite web | url = {{GNIS3|452895}} | title = Farnsworth, Indiana | work = Geographic Names Information System | publisher = United States Geological Survey | accessdate = August 2, 2017}}
A post office was established at Farnsworth in 1886, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1913.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Sullivan | title=Sullivan County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=December 29, 2016}}
Geography
Farnsworth is located at {{coord|39|05|57|N|87|19|18|W|type:city}}.
References
{{Sullivan County, Indiana}}
Category:Ghost towns in Indiana
Category:Terre Haute metropolitan area
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