Rockfield, Indiana
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|blank_info = 2806556{{GNIS|2806556}}
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Rockfield is an unincorporated community in Rock Creek Township, Carroll County, Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Image:Rockfield, Indiana memorial tree.png
Rockfield was platted in 1856.{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/283 283]|quote=This village, platted on August 11, 1856...}} The Rockfield post office was established in 1857.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Carroll&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Carroll County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=28 August 2014}}
District School No. 3 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
Geography
Rockfield is located in open farm land south of Rock Creek. A portion of old Indiana State Road 25 and the Norfolk Southern Railway both pass northeast through town. New Indiana State Road 25, the Hoosier Heartland Highway, bypasses town on the northwest.
Demographics
{{US Census population
|align=left|2020= 211
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}
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References
{{Carroll County, Indiana}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Carroll County, Indiana
Category:Lafayette metropolitan area, Indiana
Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana
Category:1856 establishments in Indiana
Category:Populated places established in 1856
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