New Carlisle, Ohio
city in Clark County, Ohio, United States
New Carlisle ( NEW kar-LY-əl) is a city in Clark County, Ohio, United States. The population was 5,559 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Ohio metropolitan area.
History
New Carlisle was originally called Monroe, and under the latter name was laid out in 1810. The present name is a transfer from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the birthplace of some of the first settlers. A post office called New Carlisle has been in operation since 1828. New Carlisle was incorporated as a village in 1831.
On June 21, 1933, the infamous John Dillinger committed his first bank robbery, taking $10,000 from the New Carlisle National Bank, which occupied the building which still stands at the southeast corner of Main Street and Jefferson Street (state routes 235 and 571) in New Carlisle.
New Carlisle was incorporated as a city in 1973.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.76 square miles (7.15 km2), of which, 2.74 square miles (7.10 km2) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km2) is water.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2231962. VIAF identifies the subject as 138546289. The Library of Congress control number is n97025738. Authority coordinates are 39.940, -84.030. 3 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1810, 1828 and 1831.
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