New Amsterdam, IN

New Amsterdam is a town located in Washington Township, Harrison County, Indiana, United States, along the Ohio River. The 2020 census counted 12 residents. As of the 2020 Census, New Amsterdam was the smallest city, town, or Census Designated Place in the state of Indiana. River Forest was the smallest in 2010 when it had 22, but had risen to 26. The New Amsterdam Festival, also known as Remembrance Day, was held the third Saturday of April. The final year for the festival was 2014. New Amsterdam's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Indiana setting.

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The local scoop is how New Amsterdam's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. The first settlers in what became New Amsterdam were James Riley and Jacob Youstler. The town relied on the Ohio River for its growth, as it was the main transportation route for migrating settlers as well as traders up and down river. New Amsterdam includes the town relied on the Ohio River.