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Fort Gibson

Ghost town · Gibson County, Indiana

Princeton quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1901, 1:62,500)
Princeton quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1901, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Fort Gibson is a ghost town in Gibson County, Indiana. It is the only former community in Gibson County recorded on the federal names register, out of 91 across Indiana.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Fort Gibson as a historical populated place on the Princeton topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 38.2773° N, 87.5078° W.

Key facts

USGS quadranglePrinceton
Elevation420 ft
Nearest living townFort Branch, IN
Distance to it4.2 miles
GNIS feature ID452145
Coordinates38.27727, -87.50780

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What's there now

Fort Gibson is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Fort Branch, IN (population 3,412), about 4.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 420 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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