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New Castle
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city in Indiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Indiana
- County
- Henry
- Mayor
- Greg York ( D )
- Total
- 7.34 sq mi (19.02 km )
- Land
- 7.32 sq mi (18.97 km )
- Water
- 0.019 sq mi (0.05 km ) 0.27%
- Elevation
- 1,063 ft (324 m)
- Estimate 2025
- 17,373
- Density
- 2,375.1/sq mi (917.03/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( EDT )
- Fips code
- 18-52740
- Website
- www.cityofnewcastle.net/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- New Castle
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Henry County
- Population
- 17396
- Area
- 18.948103
- Elevation
- 326
- Capital of
- Henry County
- Official website
- www.cityofnewcastle.net
- Image
- New-castle-indiana-from-above.jpg
- Households
- 6951
- Dialing code
- 765
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- Inger Miller
- Commons category
- New Castle, Indiana
- topic's main category
- Category:New Castle, Indiana
- postal code
- 47362
- inception
- 1822-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from New Castle, Indiana
- water as percent of area
- 0.2891
- per capita income
- 21249
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
New Castle is a city in Henry County, Indiana, United States. Located 44 miles (71 km) east-northeast of Indianapolis, on the Big Blue River, the city is the county seat of Henry County. New Castle is home to New Castle Fieldhouse, the largest high school gymnasium in the world. The city is surrounded by agricultural land. In the past, it was a manufacturing center for the production of sheet iron and steel, automobiles, caskets, clothing, scales, bridges, pianos, furniture, handles, shovels, lathes, bricks, and flour. Starting in the early 20th century, it was known as the Rose City, at one point having 100 florists and numerous growers.
According to the 2020 census, the population was 17,396.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “New Castle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.