Farnsworth
Ghost town · Sullivan County, Indiana

Farnsworth is a ghost town in Sullivan County, Indiana, recorded as human settlement in Indiana, United States of America. It is one of 2 former communities in Sullivan County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 9th among the 33 Indiana counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Farnsworth as a historical populated place on the Dugger 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 39.0992° N, 87.3236° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Dugger |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 523 ft |
| Nearest living town | Cass, IN |
| Distance to it | 2.6 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 452895 |
| Coordinates | 39.09921, -87.32363 |
What's there now
Farnsworth is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Cass, IN (population 58), about 2.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 523 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Caledoniaghost town · Sullivan County · 0.6 mi
- West Unionghost town · Knox County · 16.6 mi
- Richland-Plummer Creek Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Greene County · 22 mi
- Crawfordsvilleghost town · Crawford County · 24.6 mi
- Freedom Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Owen County · 25.6 mi
- Charlottsvilleghost town · Lawrence County · 29.5 mi
- Griffinghost town · Clark County · 29.9 mi
- Grisoldghost town · Lawrence County · 33 mi
- Cataract Falls Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Owen County · 35.8 mi
- Jeffries Ford Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Parke County · 37.2 mi
- Thorpe Ford Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Parke County · 37.3 mi
- Brouilletts Creek Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Vermillion County · 38 mi
Questions
Where is Farnsworth?
Farnsworth is in Sullivan County, Indiana, at 39.0992, -87.3236.
How many ghost towns are in Sullivan County?
Sullivan County, Indiana has 2 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- Wikidata — Wikidata item (CC0)
- Wikidata — Wikipedia article (linked as a source; text not used) (CC0)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
- Chronicling America (Library of Congress) — Chronicling America search (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.