FontanetIN
Today 63 people live in this town, first settled in 1881.
Is Fontanet a good place to live?
61% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Fontanet, above both the Indiana town median (22%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Of the 594 Indiana towns we compare, none has a higher age of the median resident than Fontanet. Fontanet has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
63 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Fontanet: who provides what
Fontanet is unincorporated, so Vigo County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
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Ordered by what stands out in Fontanet.
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Fontanet
Summer afternoons peak near 86° in July, and January nights bottom out around 20°; snowfall runs to about 15 inches a winter. Summers in Fontanet are warm, and winters chilly.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Fontanet is
Fontanet: 81% of adults had a checkup this year. Two figures for adults in the town: 21% get no exercise outside work, 16% report frequent mental distress.
| Fontanet | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 26% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| What stands out | Fontanet | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.6% | 14.7% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.1% | 8.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.9% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Fontanet faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Fontanet once, in 2008. On expected storm and flood damage, Fontanet sits below 52% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts half of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 12% to tornadoes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Turkey Run State Park and 5 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fontanet. Close and well known come first.
22 mi State parkTurkey Run State Park11 mi MuseumCANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center
11 mi MuseumSwope Art Museum
12 mi MuseumPaul Dresser Birthplace
37 mi MuseumGeneral Lew Wallace Study
11 mi MuseumMansfield Roller MillPhoto credits
Turkey Run State Park: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Swope Art Museum: Colin Pizarek, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Paul Dresser Birthplace: Nyttend, Public domain · General Lew Wallace Study: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mansfield Roller Mill: Nyttend, Public domain
Everything we know about Fontanet
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Fontanet
About 0 of every 100 Fontanet residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Fontanet
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. It lies along Baldwin St., northeast of the city of Terre Haute, the county seat of Vigo County. Although Fontanet is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP Code of 47851. As of the 2020 census, Fontanet had a population of 347. 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...
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- Area
- 3.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 597 ft
- ZIP code
- 47851
Questions about Fontanet
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Fontanet, IN a good place to live?
Fontanet has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.