Fontanet,_Indiana
Fontanet, Indiana
Census-designated place in Indiana, United States
Fontanet (also Fountain, Fountain Station, or Hunter) is an unincorporated census-designated place in central Nevins Township, Vigo County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[3] It lies along Baldwin St., northeast of the city of Terre Haute, the county seat of Vigo County.[4] Its elevation is 614 feet (187 m), and it is located at 39°34′34″N 87°14′37″W (39.5761500, −87.2436276).[5] Although Fontanet is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP Code of 47851.[6]
Fontanet is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Each year on the last weekend in August, Fontanet enjoys the Annual Fontanet Bean Dinner Festival, a tradition stemming from a Civil War veterans' picnic first held in 1890. The festival was originally held on land near the DuPont Powder Mill. After the mill exploded in 1907,[7] the picnic moved to the site known as Holloway Grove, donated by local landowner Bill Holloway.[8]