Indian Old Fields
Unincorporated community
Indian Old Fields is located in Kentucky
Indian Old Fields
Indian Old Fields
Location within the state of Kentucky
Indian Old Fields is located in the United States
Indian Old Fields
Indian Old Fields
Indian Old Fields (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°56′45″N 84°00′00″W / 37.94583°N 84.00000°W / 37.94583; -84.00000
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyClark
Elevation
768 ft (234 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CST)
GNIS feature ID[1]

Indian Old Fields was an unincorporated community located in Clark County, Kentucky, United States.

The community takes its name from the Indian old field present when white settlers arrived. They discovered the Native American settlement of Eskippakaithiki, believed to be the last Indian village in Kentucky.[2] It was also named Indian Old Corn Field. It was established by Peter Chartier, the leader of a band of Shawnee, sometime in 1745.[3]

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References

  1. ^ "Indian Old Fields, Kentucky". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1996). The WPA Guide to Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. p. 242. ISBN 0813108659. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
  3. ^ Charles Augustus Hanna, The Wilderness Trail: Or, The Ventures and Adventures of the Pennsylvania Traders on the Allegheny Path, Volume 1 The Wilderness Trail: Or, The Ventures and Adventures of the Pennsylvania Traders on the Allegheny Path, Putnam's sons, 1911


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