25 topographic sheets cover 16 settlements here, and 9 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.
9 National Register listings published here · the county-history sources name 3 people · people the book names include E.Vui.V Schools (Columbia Township, 1917) (machine-read).
Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service
Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.
| Photograph | Property | Type | Listed | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Canal House | building | 1973 | 73000016 |
| Connersville Downtown Historic District | district | 2017 | 100000713 | |
 | Elmhurst | building | 1977 | 77000014 |
 | Fayette County Courthouse | building | 2006 | 06000518 |
 | William Lowry House | building | 1982 | 82000036 |
| Newkirk Mansion | building | 2021 | 100006847 | |
 | Thomas Ranck Round Barn | building | 1983 | 83000030 |
 | Roberts Park | district | 2014 | 13001074 |
| Trinity Episcopal Church & Parish House | building | 2022 | 100008410 |
The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 213 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 5 injuries and about $3,836,500 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 116 |
| Hail | 43 |
| Flash Flood | 25 |
| Flood | 17 |
| Tornado | 10 |
| Lightning | 2 |
The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1955 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 3 hurt, $250,000 | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Lightning | Connersville | 1 hurt | A person carrying an aluminum umbrella pole was struck by lightning at a park pool. |
| October 1988 | Thunderstorm Wind | not stated | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| April 1961 | Tornado (F4) | not stated | $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| September 1960 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| February 2019 | Flash Flood | Connersville | $100,000 | Two county roads were washed away due to flooding. In addition, numerous roads were closed due to flooding. |
| June 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Bentonville | $50,000 | The tornado briefly touched down damaging an older church building on North County Road 550 West. The roof collapsed within the building as the north wall was blown out. There was a large amount of splatter on the east facing wall. A piece of metal was located in a tree around forty yards to the west of the church. Debris from the church was lifted and scattered northward across the cemetery and up to 200 yards into a nearby field. |
| April 2018 | Flash Flood | Waterloo | $30,000 | County Road 440 North was washed out near Waterloo. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Bentonville | $25,000 | The tornado began along North County Road 350 West, about 3 miles northeast of Bentonville, where tree damage was observed. Additional tree damage occurred to the east of Paul Road on the Fayette and Wayne County border. The tornado moved into Wayne County at 1910EST and continued northeast before ending about 1 mile north of Milton at 1913EST. |
| March 2022 | Flash Flood | St Leon | $25,000 | A culvert was washed out along West County Road 150S. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Connersville | $25,000 | Several large trees were downed, parts of roofing were removed from a business, and a billboard was blown down due to thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenwood | $25,000 | A cement building was destroyed on the Fayette-Rush County line. |
| June 1973 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| March 1963 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| March 1954 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Connersville | $20,000 | The wall framing and roof trusses of a department store under construction were destroyed by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Connersville | $20,000 | Large hail damaged automobiles and destroyed crops. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $20,000 | Trees were downed in a number of locations, some on structures and vehicles. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Connersville | $16,000 | Trailers were overturned due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bentonville | $15,000 | A barn was heavily damaged when a section of its roof panels was blown off and one of its exterior walls was collapsed. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $10,000 | A property in the 4300 block of County Road 850 W sustained damage where siding was pulled off of several agriculture buildings, a barn was damaged, and three power poles were broken off at ground level. |
| February 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bentonville | $10,000 | A few trees and powerlines were downed. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Connersville | $10,000 | A tree fell onto a residence. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Connersville | $10,000 | Numerous trees were downed in the Connersville area. |
| June 2022 | Flash Flood | Waterloo | $10,000 | A culvert was washed out. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenwood | $10,000 | Numerous trees and powerlines were downed across the county. A structure had minor roof damage near Alquina. |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Bentonville | $10,000 | A tornado touched down in a rural area toppling several trees. Numerous other trees were down across the county due to thunderstorm winds. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $10,000 | Many trees downed across the county. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Connersville | $8,000 | Several pine trees were knocked down at 930 Ranch Rd. A roof was damaged at 1062 West 10th Street. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $7,000 | Numerous trees were downed. One tree fell on a house near Falmouth. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $7,000 | Trees were knocked down. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Alpine | $6,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Connersville | $5,000 | Several trees were downed throughout the county, especially in the Connersville area. |
| February 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Connersville Arpt | $5,000 | A few trees and powerlines were downed. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Connersville | $5,000 | Several trees were downed across Fayette County. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenwood | $5,000 | A few trees were downed along Williams Road. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nulltown | $5,000 | A few trees and power lines were downed near W County Road 480 S and State Route 121. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bentonville | $5,000 | Numerous trees were downed across the northern part of Fayette County. |
| March 2011 | Flood | Connersville | $5,000 | Several roads were flooded due to heavy rainfall. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Harrisburg | $5,000 | Several creeks had risen out of their banks across the southern part of the county. State Route 121 near Alpine and Road 425S near State Route 1 were both flooded. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Connersville | $5,000 | Two trees, large limbs and power poles were knocked down. |
| October 2006 | Hail | Harrisburg | $5,000 | Quarter size hail fell northwest of Connersville. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $5,000 | Numerous trees were knocked down. |
| June 2001 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $5,000 | High water on roadways |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $5,000 | Trees knocked down across the county. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Connersville | $5,000 | Trees were knocked down on Big Bear Rd. |
| April 2000 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $5,000 | Heavy rainfall caused many roads to flood across the county. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Connersville | $5,000 | Numerous trees downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $5,000 | Numerous trees downed. |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Connersville | $5,000 | Numerous trees and power lines knocked down. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $5,000 | Trees knocked down across the county. |
| July 2000 | Flash Flood | Harrisburg | $5,000 | Heavy rainfall caused roads to be flooded. |
| August 2000 | Flash Flood | Glenwood | $5,000 | Over 3 inches of rain in only a few hours caused roads to be flooded around Glenwood. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $5,000 | Trees downed across the county. |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alpine | $5,000 | Trees and power lines down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Connersville | $5,000 | Numerous trees and power lines downed. |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $5,000 | Roads closed due to heavy rainfall. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Connersville | $5,000 | Trees and power lines downed. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $5,000 | Heavy rainfall caused area creeks and streams to rise out of their banks and across area roads. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Connersville | $5,000 | Several trees and power lines were downed. |
The Survey's mineral resources record lists 4 workings inside this county. All of them still produce. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | 3 |
| Stone | 1 |
The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fayette Co. Hwy. Dept. - Own Crews | Stone | Producer | ||
| Connersville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Franklin County Highway Dept. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Park Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
History of Fayette County, Indiana : Her People, Industries and Institutions devotes a chapter to each township: its boundaries and streams, who settled it and when, the mills, the schools and the churches. All 8 are reproduced here in full. Each row shows the township's own shape and where it lies in the county, drawn from the Census Bureau's boundary. Which settlements belong to which township is computed from that same boundary, not taken from the book.
| Shape and position in the county | Township | Settlements in it | Length | Sections |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Township | Alpine, Columbia, Nulltown | 15,482 words | 15 | |
| Connersville Township | Bunker Hill, Connersville, Longwood Crossing, Tyner Crossing | 5,332 words | 6 | |
| Harrison Township | Harrisburg, Huber | 12,702 words | 15 | |
| Jackson Township | Everton | 5,391 words | 4 | |
| Jennings Township | Alquina, Lyonsville | 4,626 words | 5 | |
| Orange Township | Orange | 6,000 words | 6 | |
| Posey Township | Bentonville | 4,982 words | 6 | |
| Waterloo Township | Springersville, Waterloo | 7,163 words | 9 |
2 books written about this county, cut here where the book itself is cut, at its printed chapters: 37 chapters in all. Every chapter is public domain, machine-read from the scan and reproduced complete. A chapter already given under one of the county's towns is not repeated in this list.
| Chapter | Length |
|---|---|
| Outline History of Indiana | 8,289 words |
| The Indians of Indiana and Early Expeditions Against Them | 6,055 words |
| Chapter 3: Pioneer History | 10,028 words |
| Chapter 4: ^ Early Eeligious and Educational Movements | 3,442 words |
| Chapter 5: Physical Features | 2,612 words |
| Chapter 6: Civil Organization of the County | 3,499 words |
| Chapter 7: The Courts and Civil List | 4,433 words |
| Chapter 8: Internal Improvements | 2,840 words |
| Chapter 9: Agriculture | 5,489 words |
| Chapter 10: Political | 3,319 words |
| The Press | 2,933 words |
| Chapter 12: Miscellaneous | 641 words |
| Chapter 13: The Bench and the Bar | 3,153 words |
| Chapter 14: The Medical Profession | 3,220 words |
| Chapter 15: Distinguished Dead | 10,708 words |
| Chapter 16: The Civil War, 1861-65 | 7,137 words |
| Chapter 17: The City of Connersville | 18,109 words in 2 parts |
| Chapter with an unread heading (no. 24 of those read) | 2,578 words |
| Biographical sketches | 93,725 words in 7 parts |
| Chapter | Length |
|---|---|
| Chapter 1 | 11,264 words |
| Chapter 2 | 2,160 words |
| Chapter 3 | 33,785 words in 3 parts |
| Chapter 5 | 10,370 words |
| Chapter 6: Ol-Kicial Rostkr of Fayktte County | 3,563 words |
| Chapter 9 | 6,106 words |
| Chapter 10 | 9,636 words |
| Chapter 11 | 7,359 words |
| Chapter 13 | 1,637 words |
| Chapter 15 | 3,365 words |
| Chapter 16 | 25,772 words in 2 parts |
| Chapter with an unread heading (no. 14 of those read) | 7,003 words |
| Chapter 18 | 7,220 words |
| Chapter 19 | 4,277 words |
| Chapter 20 | 24,534 words in 2 parts |
| Chapter 21 | 5,948 words |
| Chapter 22: Glimpses of Fayette County | 15,183 words |
| Biographical sketches | 238,991 words in 16 parts |
Everyone History of Fayette County, Indiana : Her People, Industries and Institutions stops to write about, with the section that describes them. Among them are the men who founded the place and governed the Territory. Each name opens the passage itself, in the words of 1917.
Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.
Columbia township · 47331 · On North Branch Garrison Creek · Alpine quadrangle
10 sheets, 1953 to 1986
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