What is the history of Borden, Indiana?
The town was founded in the 1820s and was originally called New Providence, after the capital of Rhode Island. In the late 1800s the Borden Institute was founded by John Borden as a college. The town honored him by renaming the town, unofficially, Borden. The town became officially known as Borden in 1994. Borden is served by the CSX (formally Monon RailroadMonon) rail system. In the 1960s several dams were constructed along the tributaries leading to Muddy Fork, which runs through the town. This helped keep Borden from being flooded during heavy rains. On April 3, 1974, a massive F4 tornado struck the west side of Borden before moving into nearby Daisy Hill, overlooking Borden, killing one person. And on May 27, 2004, an F2 tornado struck the northern edge of the town, doing damage to the trees on the hillside but fortunately no deaths or injuries. In the early 2000s Borden High School underwent an expansion project that involved a new building being built on their parking lot. A new
