WayfarrowStratford
Ghost town · Marion County, Indiana
Stratford is a ghost town in Marion County, Indiana. It is one of 9 former communities in Marion County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 3rd among the 33 Indiana counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Stratford as a historical populated place on the New Bellsville 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 39.1328° N, 86.0944° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | New Bellsville |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 833 ft |
| Nearest living town | Grandview Lake, IN |
| Distance to it | 3.2 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 449061 |
| Coordinates | 39.13283, -86.09443 |
What's there now
Stratford is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Grandview Lake, IN (population 319), about 3.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 833 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Buffaloghost town · Brown County · 5.9 mi
- Ramp Creek Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Brown County · 7.9 mi
- New Brownsville Bridgecovered bridge · Bartholomew County · 10.2 mi
- Brownsville Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Bartholomew County · 10.2 mi
- Bean Blossom Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Brown County · 12.4 mi
- Younoghost town · Brown County · 12.6 mi
- Yountsville Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Bartholomew County · 13 mi
- Tanneyhill Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Bartholomew County · 13 mi
- Kansasghost town · Bartholomew County · 14.1 mi
- Bell Ford Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Jackson County · 14.2 mi
- Shields' Mill Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Jackson County · 15.8 mi
- Scipio Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Jennings County · 20.4 mi
Questions
Where is Stratford?
Stratford is in Marion County, Indiana, at 39.1328, -86.0944.
How many ghost towns are in Marion County?
Marion County, Indiana has 9 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (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.