Fishers is a town located in Fall Creek and Delaware townships, Hamilton County, Indiana, with a population of 76,794, according to the 2010 census. A suburb of Indianapolis, Fishers has grown rapidly in recent decades: about 350 people lived there in 1963, 2,000 in 1980, and only 7,200 as recently as 1990. In 2011, Fishers was named the number one city for families by The Learning Channel and was selected as a Green Community by the Indiana Association of Cities and Towns. The town was named the safest city in the nation in 2011. In 2010, Fishers was ranked eighth in the best places to live... according to Money, America's best affordable suburb by BusinessWeek, and the eleventh best place to move in the country by Forbes. Fishers was also ranked the 24th best place to live in America by Money magazine in 2005, 33rd in 2006, and 10th in 2008. In 1802 William Conner settled what is now present-day Fishers, Indiana. Conner built a log cabin and a trading post along the White River . The land that Conner settled is now known as Conner Prairie and is one of the nation's most respected living history museums.
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| County: | Hamilton County |
| State: | Indiana |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Population: | 76,794 |
| Area: | 21.8 sq. mi. |
| Time zone: | North American Eastern Time Zone |
| Also known as: | Fishers, Indiana, Hamilton County / Fishers town |