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New Castle, Indiana

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Henry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47362. It stands on Castle Run. The Survey maps it on the New Castle East quadrangle. 17,396 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,070 feet above sea level.

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New Castle within Henry County

On record in New Castle

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 4 records

Population over time

2 figures

New Castle fell from 18,114 to 17,396 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.

YearPeople Change
201018,114
202017,396-718 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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.

In the county-history sources

774 words on this township

Henry County; Past and Present: a Brief History of the County from 1821 to 1871, published 1871 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Henry Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Henry Township - 774 words.

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of New Castle: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
New Castle PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Henry County

Storms near this place

60 of 79 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Castle in 79 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 38 thunderstorm wind, 28 hail, 5 tornado, 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2003Thunderstorm WindNew Castle1 hurt, $200,000no account filed
September 2002Tornado (F2)New Castle$2,000,000A tornado formed along a squall line. Ten single family homes sustained major damage. As the tornado passed through a trailer park, 30 trailer homes sustained major damage.
July 2004LightningNew Castle$500,000A bus barn was destroyed by a lightning induced fire at Blue River Valley High School.
June 2008Flash FloodNew Castle$50,000Flash flooding occurred around the county causing damage to property and roadways.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindNew Castle$50,000A thunderstorm blew a tree down onto a house, barn, and garage in Knightstown. A large commercial-use garage was demolished by straight line winds.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindNew Castle$40,000Barn with metal siding was blown down at this location due to thunderstorm wind gusts. Nearby, several trees and power lines we downed.
July 2002Tornado (F0)New Castle$30,000National Weather Service survey confirmed an F0 touchdown. Minor damage to 3 homes. Trees down.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindNew Castle$20,000The roof of a building near the intersection of 9th and New York Streets was blown down due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindNew Castle$20,000Trees and power lines were downed. The top of a 140-foot radio tower was blown down in New Castle.
September 2005Tornado (F0)New Castle$15,000What was likely a small gustnado swept quickly through a field and a small subdivision of manufactured homes, causing minor damage to crops, two roofs, and outdoor decorations.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindNew Castle$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in the New Castle area, before a funnel cloud was observed just above the ground 1 mile east of New Castle.
July 2010FloodNew Castle$10,000Minor flooding was reported in the New Castle area. The Henry County Emergency Management spokesperson said that Crescent Creek Drive was the only road closed due to flooding. He also reported floodwater that blew out the basement windows of one home. Some parks also had standing water.
May 2008LightningNew Castle$10,000Lightning struck the wall of a church catching the wall on fire.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindNew Castle$8,000Gravestones were moved off their bases and flower arrangement were scattered due to damaging thunderstorm winds. Twenty four trees also were blown down on the property due to the winds.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindNew Castle$5,000Trees and power lines were downed.
June 1998Tornado (F2)New Castle$5,000no account filed
September 2007Thunderstorm WindNew Castle$4,000A power pole was down, a tree was reported to be on a road, and a large produce tent was blown over in New Castle due to damaging thunderstorm winds. Several trees were reported to be down in other locations around the county as well.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindNew Castle$3,000Numerous trees and power lines were reported down at various points in the county.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindNew Castle$2,000Tree downed by thunderstorm wind gusts onto a road.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindNew Castle$2,000Tree downed by thunderstorm wind gusts near the intersection of State Road 103 and County Road 300 South.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindNew Castle$2,000Trees and power lines were downed.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindNew Castle$1,250A tree with an 18-inch base was downed due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2017HailNew Castle$1,000Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph. Power was reported to be out with a fence blown down.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindNew Castle$1,000Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and damged some crops
July 1997Tornado (F0)New Castle$1,000Same supercell thunderstorm that spawned Hamilton County and City of Anderson tornadoes also spawned this weak tornado. It was a brief touchdown near State Road 3 and the Conrail Railway on New Castle's northwest side. The tornado briefly touched down in Memorial Park knocking down some trees.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindNew Castle$100An estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 50 mph downed a 4-inch diameter tree limb.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindNew Castle-A storm spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust at this location.
June 2018HailNew Castle-This report was received via Twitter.
August 2009HailNew Castle-Thunderstorm hail, the size of ping pong balls was observed at 15th Street and Grand Avenue in New Castle.
May 2006HailNew Castle-No property damage was reported.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindNew Castle-Trees were blown down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindNew Castle-Large limbs were blown down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindNew Castle-Trees and limbs were blown down.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindNew Castle-Trees were blown down and a barn was damaged.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindNew Castle-Numerous trees and power lines downed.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindNew Castle-A large healthy tree was downed.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindNew Castle-Trees were downed.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindNew Castle-Trees/Limbs down
July 1994Thunderstorm WindNew Castle-Large limbs were downed on the north side of New Castle.
May 1993Thunderstorm WindNew Castle-Trees were downed.
June 2021HailNew Castle-no account filed
May 2019HailNew Castle-no account filed
May 2019HailNew Castle-no account filed
May 2011HailNew Castle-no account filed
May 2011HailNew Castle-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindNew Castle-no account filed
April 2006HailNew Castle-no account filed
April 2006HailNew Castle-no account filed
April 2006HailNew Castle-no account filed
April 2006HailNew Castle-no account filed
April 2006HailNew Castle-no account filed
May 2006HailNew Castle-no account filed
June 2006HailNew Castle-no account filed
June 2006HailNew Castle-no account filed
June 2006HailNew Castle-no account filed
May 2006HailNew Castle-no account filed
May 2005HailNew Castle-no account filed
May 2005HailNew Castle-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindNew Castle-no account filed
May 2003Flash FloodNew Castle-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Henry 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Belmont1.2 miles11
Van Nuys2.3 miles11
Foley2.5 miles11
Westwood2.6 miles11
Pierson Station2.9 miles11
Fayne Siding3.4 miles11
Hillsboro3.4 miles11
Ashland3.5 miles11

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 New CastleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q985283The 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 440031. 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.