Connersville, Indiana

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Connersville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47331. The Survey maps it on the Connersville quadrangle. 13,324 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 823 feet above sea level.

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Connersville within Fayette County

On record in Connersville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 6 records

Canal Houselisted 1973
Elmhurstlisted 1977
Fayette County Courthouselisted 2006
Roberts Parklisted 2014
Newkirk Mansionlisted 2021
Trinity Episcopal Church & Parish Houselisted 2022

Population over time

2 figures

Connersville fell from 13,481 to 13,324 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

Year	People	Change
2010	13,481
2020	13,324	-157 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Connersville quadrangle1:24000
1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Connersville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS New Castle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

In the county-history sources

5,332 words on this township

History of Fayette County, Indiana: Containing a History of the Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies, Etc., Etc. .., published 1885 names this settlement in its chapter on Connersville Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The first settlement in the township was made at Conner's trading-post or station, some time between the years 1804 and 1808. Here John Conner and family are believed to have dwelt for several years among the Indians, with no white neighbors save those on East Fork and on West Fork in what are now Union and Franklin Counties. However, the lands surrounding him were settled at a period beginning about the year 1811.

Passage source: History of Fayette County, Indiana: Containing a History of the Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies, Etc., Etc. .., published 1885.

Alexander Saxon with family emigrated from Georgia in the fall of 1811, and settled on the southeast quarter of Section 25. Near a point opposite where the lower mill in Connersville now stands, was the place for crossing the river. Here Mr. Saxon kept a canoe, and ferried travelers across the river. n The localities of settlement of a number of the following named pioneers can be traced by reference to the land entries given above. Moses Lookhart from Kentucky, settled in the township in 1812. Thomas Reed, from the same State, settled the same year. Joseph Minor located on the land where Joe and Sam Minor now live in 1812. John and Thomas Reed built cabins on the same land. They were father and son. Larkin Sims, from Kentucky, and

Thomas Sergeant, a native of North Carolina, removed with his parents to Virginia in 1796. In 1807 he removed to Kentucky, and in 1813 to Indiana Territory, and settled south of Connersville. In 1820 he entered land in Rush County |at the land sales at Brookville, and that winter removed thereon, cutting the road for the wagon as he went.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Connersville Township - it names this place 18 more 18 times.

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Connersville: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Fayette Co. Hwy. Dept. - Own Crews	Stone	Producer
Connersville Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Park Road Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Fayette County

Storms near this place

60 of 76 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Connersville in 76 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 47 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 8 flood, 7 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
August 2024	Lightning	Connersville	1 hurt	A person carrying an aluminum umbrella pole was struck by lightning at a park pool.
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.
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.
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.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$16,000	Trailers were overturned due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
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.
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.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$5,000	Several trees were downed throughout the county, especially in the Connersville area.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$5,000	Several trees were downed across Fayette County.
March 2011	Flood	Connersville	$5,000	Several roads were flooded due to heavy rainfall.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$5,000	Two trees, large limbs and power poles were knocked down.
October 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$5,000	Trees were knocked down on Big Bear Rd.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$5,000	Numerous trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
November 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$5,000	Numerous trees and power lines knocked down.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$5,000	Numerous trees and power lines downed.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$5,000	Trees and power lines downed.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$5,000	Several trees and power lines were downed.
June 2001	Hail	Connersville	$5,000	no account filed
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$4,000	Power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds along State Route One.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$3,000	A few trees were downed in Roberts Park.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$3,000	Trees were downed.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$3,000	Trees were knocked down.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$3,000	Trees and power lines were downed.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$3,000	Large limbs were knocked down along Williams Road.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$3,000	Two trees were downed along Base Road.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$3,000	Several trees and large limbs were knocked down.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$3,000	Several trees were downed across town. One tree fell on Third Street, causing the road to close for a short period of time.
September 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$3,000	A few trees were blown down.
November 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$3,000	Two trees were knocked down across the western part of the county.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$3,000	Trees and powerlines were blown down.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$3,000	Trees downed.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$3,000	Trees downed, some across railroad tracks.
March 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$3,000	no account filed
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$2,000	A tree was downed and a privacy fence was blown over. Several large branches were also downed in Dale Cemetery.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$2,000	Two large trees were knocked onto Western Avenue, blocking the road.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$2,000	A tree was downed on wires in Connersville due to thunderstorm winds.
April 2011	Flash Flood	Connersville	$2,000	Multiple roads were closed due to high water.
October 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$2,000	Numerous trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$2,000	Powerlines were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
February 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$2,000	Two trees were knocked down.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$2,000	Numerous large limbs were downed in and around town.
April 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$2,000	no account filed
January 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$2,000	no account filed
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$1,000	A tree was downed.
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$1,000	A tree was downed on Country Club Road.
May 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$1,000	Two trees were downed due to thunderstorm winds. One was located near Ohio Avenue and the other was located at Vine Street and Alquina Road in Connersville.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$1,000	One tree was downed on 29th Street due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$1,000	Large tree limbs were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	$1,000	Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
May 2002	Flash Flood	Connersville	$1,000	State Route 121 was closed due to high water.
April 1997	Lightning	Connersville	$1,000	no account filed
March 2023	Flood	Connersville	-	High water was reported near the intersection of County Road 175 S and State Route 121.
June 2022	Flood	Connersville	-	High water was on the road near County Road 150N and County Road 150E.
December 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Connersville	-	Several trees were downed in the Connersville area.
March 2020	Flash Flood	Connersville	-	High water was running over the roadway near the intersection of State Route 121 and W County Road 175 South.
March 2020	Flash Flood	Connersville	-	Several roads were closed throughout the county due to high water.
February 2019	Flood	Connersville	-	Several roads remained closed due to flooding.
April 2018	Flash Flood	Connersville	-	High water was reported running across Route 1 near 300 South.

Every storm recorded in Fayette County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Tyner Crossing	2.1 miles	9
Huber	3.1 miles	9
Harrisburg	3.8 miles	9
Bunker Hill	3.8 miles	9
Nulltown	4.3 miles	10
Longwood Crossing	4.7 miles	9
Lyonsville	4.7 miles	10
Springersville	4.8 miles	10

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Connersville	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q532408	The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 432888. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.