Canaan, IN

Canaan is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Shelby Township, Jefferson County, Indiana, United States. The 2020 census counted 72 residents. ] The church has maintained a multi-county food pantry twice a month, and a presence at the Jefferson County fair, along with many other community outreach programs. The Canaan Fall Festival in Canaan is the site of the longest-running annual Pony Express ride. Canaan is held annually on the third weekend in September with a wide variety of Music, Parade, antiques and collectibles, crafts, jewelry, fresh produce and furniture for sale.

Bishop and a man named Etherton. There is a charter school called Canaan Community Academy. The through line in Canaan is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Canaan makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. Canaan is located in northeastern Jefferson County in the center of Shelby Township. State Roads 62 and 250 pass through the community together, along the eastern and southern sides.