Map of New Palestine town

New Palestine (pronounced PAL-es-tēn) is a town in Sugar Creek Township, Hancock County, Indiana, along Sugar Creek. The population was 2,055 at the 2010 census.

New Palestine town overview:
Name:	New Palestine town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Indiana
County:	Hancock County
Elevation:	837 ft (255 m)
Total Area:	1.99 sq mi (5.15 km²)
Land Area:	1.98 sq mi (5.13 km²)
Water Area:	0.01 sq mi (0.02 km²)
Total Population:	2,744
Population Density:	1,385.86/sq mi (534.96/km²)
ZIP code:	46163
Area code:	317
FIPS code:	1853352
GNISfeature ID:	0440091

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New Palestine online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

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History

New Palestine was laid out October 1, 1838, by Jonathan Evans. It first consisted of fifteen blocks and thirty six lots. A petition for the incorporation of New Palestine as a town was dated May 22, 1871, and presented to the board of county commissioners at the June session of 1871. At the time of the petition, New Palestine had a population of around 669 people. The vote for incorporation was held on June 24, 1871. Many years after incorporation, the town had difficulty with its name. The post office was known as Sugar Creek, the railroad and express stations as Palestine and the name of the town itself was New Palestine. Through the efforts of E.F. Faut and Congressman Bynum, the name of the post office was changed from Sugar Creek to New Palestine on January 16, 1889, and the name of the railroad station and express office were also changed to New Palestine.