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Ashby

Ghost town · Franklin County, Indiana

Cedar Grove quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1955, 1:24,000)
Cedar Grove quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1955, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

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

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Ashby as a historical populated place on the Cedar Grove 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 39.3301° N, 84.9016° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleCedar Grove
Elevation566 ft
Nearest living townNew Trenton, IN
Distance to it1.5 miles
GNIS feature ID449759
Coordinates39.33005, -84.90162

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What's there now

Ashby is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is New Trenton, IN (population 329), about 1.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 566 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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