New Columbus is an unincorporated community in Adams Township, Madison County, Indiana, United States. It is also known as Ovid, and is marked by both names on highway signs at the town's borders. Abraham Adams arrived in the nascent Madison County the same year that it was being organized. He built his log cabin on the south side of Fall Cree…
New Columbus is an unincorporated community in Adams Township, Madison County, Indiana, United States. It is also known as Ovid, and is marked by both names on highway signs at the town's borders. Abraham Adams arrived in the nascent Madison County the same year that it was being organized. He built his log cabin on the south side of Fall Creek, and in 1834 he platted a town on the site, calling it New Columbus. This name was used until 1837, when a US Post Office was brought to the community. Post Office officials feared the town's name would be confused with Columbus, the seat of Bartholomew County. They arbitrarily chose to name the Post Office Ovid. Local residents resisted, and in 1840 launched legal action to change the PO name, but were unsuccessful.
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