New Carlisle

History

New Carlisle was originally known as Bourissa Hills. This was named after Lazarus Bourissa, a Potawatamie graduate of the Carey Mission who had been granted this section of land by the treaty that moved most of the Potawatamie to the west. It was platted under the name of New Carlisle, by Richard Risley Carlisle, who had come from Philadelphia, in 1835. The New Carlisle Historic District and Jeremiah Service House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Indiana Enterprise Center, a mega-sized industrial park located in New Carlisle, was the subject of a popular 2020 documentary film called New Carlisle is home to the Honeysuckle solar generating station. The 188 MWdc thousand-acre solar project entered service in 2024. It is also home to an Amazon data center, which, , is the company's largest. In December 2025, after ten hours of testimony, the St. Joseph County Council voted against an additional $13 billion data center to be built near New Carlisle. In a previous meeting of the St. Joseph County Area Planning Commission, residents had voiced concerns about water and electricity use of the proposed data center as well as safety concerns due to construction traffic.

Geography

According to the 2020 census, New Carlisle has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• Olive Township Elementary School
  Elementary · New Carlisle · 477 students · 20.7:1 ratio
• Career Academy High School
  High · South Bend · 431 students · 7.3:1 ratio
• Wilson Elementary School
  Elementary · South Bend · 411 students · 17.9:1 ratio
• Career Academy Middle School
  Middle · South Bend · 394 students · 9:1 ratio
• Warren Elementary School
  Elementary · South Bend · 208 students · 8.7:1 ratio