Old Town, Indiana

{{Use American English|date=June 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Old Town, Indiana

|settlement_type = Ghost town

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = Indiana

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Warren

|subdivision_type3 = Township

|subdivision_name3 = Pike

|coordinates = {{coord|40|15|29|N|87|23|12|W|region:US-IN|display=inline,title}}

|image_map =

|mapsize =

|map_caption =

|pushpin_map = USA Indiana Warren County

|pushpin_label = Old Town

|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Warren County

|timezone = Eastern (EST)

|utc_offset = -5

|timezone_DST = EDT

|utc_offset_DST = -4

|elevation_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=2016-07-12|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=October 25, 2007}}

|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 47991

|elevation_m = 209

|elevation_ft = 686

|area_code = 765

|blank_name = GNIS feature ID

|blank_info = [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:440606 440606]

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Old Town is an extinct town located in Pike Township in Warren County, Indiana, and the original site of what is now the town of West Lebanon.

It was platted in the fall of 1830 by Ebenezer Purviance, John G. Jemison and Andrew Fleming, and was originally named Lebanon. When the Wabash Railroad was built through the area in 1856, it passed about a mile north of the community, and so most of the town shifted to be nearer the station. When the town incorporated in 1869 (under the name West Lebanon) it was at the new location by the railroad, and the original site came to be known as Old Town.{{cite gnis|id=440606|name=Old Town}}

A number of buildings are still in and around Old Town, and it is still cited by the USGS.{{cite gnis|440606|Old Town, Indiana|2016-07-12}}

Geography

Old Town is located at {{coord|40|15|29|N|87|23|12|W|type:city}}, near the intersection of what is now Old Highway 63 and County Road 400 South.

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