New Washington is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, New Washington had a population of 595.

thumb|Photo from Small Town Indiana photo survey.

History

New Washington was established in 1815. A post office was established at New Washington in 1819.

New Washington was the closest community to the now-defunct Marble Hill Nuclear Power Plant.

Geography

New Washington is located in northeastern Clark County. Indiana State Road 62 runs through the center of the community, leading north then east to Madison and southwest to Jeffersonville across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.29%, is water.

Demographics

As of the census middle/high school, and a branch of the Charlestown-Clark County Public Library.

References

  • New Washington community website