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is a town in Wood Township, Clark County, Indiana, United States. The population was 818 at the 2000 census. The town's official name was New Providence until December 29, 1994.
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 William W. Borden as a college. The town honored him by renaming the town, unofficially, Borden. The town became officially known as Borden in 1994. In the early 2000s, William W. Borden High School underwent an expansion project when a new building was built in place of the parking lot. A new parking lot was built at the old Borden Park. The town then built a new park on the east end of Borden, near the Flexcel plant, along Muddy Fork. It includes basketball courts, a walking path along the fork, and a war memorial for local residents who served in the military.
Borden is served by the CSX (formally Monon) rail system. Borden is the home of seven-time ARCA champion Frank Kimmel.
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, killing one person. On May 27, 2004, an F2 tornado struck the northern edge of the town, doing damage to the trees on the hillside but fortunately causing no deaths or injuries.