New Carrollton, Indiana

New Carrollton is an unincorporated community in Shelby Township, Ripley County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[2]

New Carrollton, Indiana
Unincorporated community
New Carrollton
New Carrollton
Coordinates: 38°56′41″N 85°21′55″W
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyRipley
TownshipShelby
Elevation892 ft (272 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47250
Area code(s)812, 930
GNIS feature ID452196

History

A post office was established at New Carrollton in 1837, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1839.[3]

Geography

New Carrollton is located at 38°56′41″N 85°21′55″W.

gollark: If you were somewhat more cynical than me I guess you could think something like: updated vaccines aren't part of mainstream political discourse yet, they are unlikely to be unless there is deployment/development of them, and so politicians (who are optimizing for looking good according to said political discourse) don't care and don't do anything about the situation.
gollark: I said three things. Maybe I should retroactively use semicolons.
gollark: So I guess either the entire system is missing obvious low-hanging fruit, the possible benefits of updated vaccines are known but not enough to make people actually budge, or the decision-making people think that updated vaccines wouldn't be significantly better.
gollark: Anyway, presumably if any government did ask for it they'd start supplying it.
gollark: Fascinating.

References
  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  2. "New Carrollton, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
  3. "Ripley County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 30 November 2015.



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