Marshfield, IN

Marshfield is a small unincorporated community in Steuben Township, Warren County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The 2020 census counted 41 residents. Marshfield was platted on May 22, 1857, and named for Marshfield, Massachusetts, the home of statesman Daniel Webster. A post office was established on April 6, 1857, which operated until 1989. A newcomer can read Marshfield through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Marshfield comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. A Norfolk Southern Railway line runs along the east side of town, from Danville, Illinois, in the southwest to Lafayette in the northeast; the line carries about 45 freight trains per day.