Spartanburg, Indiana

Coordinates: 40°04′02″N 84°51′08″W / 40.06722°N 84.85222°W

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Spartanburg, Indiana
Unincorporated community and Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 40°04′02″N 84°51′08″W / 40.06722°N 84.85222°W / 40.06722; -84.85222
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Randolph
Township	Greensfork
Elevation ^[1]	1,184 ft (361 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	47355
Area code	765
FIPS code	18-71774^[2]
GNIS feature ID	2830509^[1]

Spartanburg is an unincorporated community in Greensfork Township, Randolph County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.^[1]

History

Spartanburg was first known as Newberg, and under the latter name was founded in 1832.^[3] A post office was established under the name Spartanburg in 1842, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1907.^[4]

The Union Literary Institute, a school founded by Quakers for African-American students, was 2 miles from Spartanburg

References

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Spartanburg, Indiana
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 308. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. This village, originally called Newberg, first was laid out in 1832...
^ "Randolph County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 1, 2015.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Randolph County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Winchester
Cities	Union City Winchester	Map of Indiana highlighting Randolph County
Towns	Albany‡ Farmland Losantville Lynn Modoc Parker City Ridgeville Saratoga
Townships	Franklin Green Greensfork Jackson Monroe Stoney Creek Union Ward Washington Wayne White River
CDPs	Fairview Spartanburg Windsor‡
Other communities	Arba Bartonia Bloomingport Buena Vista Carlos Crete Deerfield Georgetown Harrisville Haysville Corner Huntsville Maxville Mull New Lisbon New Pittsburg Pinch Randolph Rural Scott Corner Shedville Snow Hill South Salem Stone Unionport
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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