Are you looking for a small town to visit and get cozy in this winter? We have one of the coziest small towns in America right here in Southern Indiana!

There are plenty of small towns in Indiana to cozy up in the winter this year. Given the fact that we have had quite the snowy and bitterly cold winter thus far in 2025, you might want to escape to a small, cozy town to really experience winter at it's finest one weekend. I don't think you'll regret spending some nice and relaxing time in what was named the coziest town in Indiana.

WeGoDating.com put together a list of the best and coziest small towns in America. They analyzed 170 small towns across the country and looked for places where you could find unforgettable winter events, historical charm, waterfront views, skiing, and plenty of places to cozy up in front of a roaring fire with a big mug of hot cocoa. Given all of that information, only three towns in the state of Indiana made that list. However, the highest-rated one can be found right here in the Evansville area.

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Coziest Town in Indiana This Winter

When you think about cozy winter towns in Indiana, Nashville might come to mind. However, that wasn't the one that WeGoDating.com named the coziest town in Indiana. In fact, the coziest small town during the winter in Indiana is located in Posey County. Historic New Harmony came in at number 70 in the rankings, making it the only town in Indiana to make the list. Going off the way they found their results, New Harmony perfectly fits the criteria. According to Visit New Harmony:

Inside and out, New Harmony is delightful from season-to-season.  Whether you’re enjoying the quaint beauty of our historic buildings, savoring the distinctive restaurants, browsing the shops, watching a coffee roasting, participating in a cooking class, taking in the wonder of the Roofless Church, walking the labyrinths, attending one of our many events, or using the facilities at Harmonie State Park, we predict our welcoming community will earn a spot on your top ten places to visit.

While New Harmony was the highest rated town in Indiana on this list, two other Indiana towns are also among America's coziest. Coming in at number 132 Santa Claus, which I can see why it's on the list because it does have some cozy vibes, especially around Christmas. The final town from Indiana is Nashville, which came in at number 164. Honestly, I figured Nashville would be much higher on this list, but if this were a ranking of fall towns to cozy up in, this town would have been way closer to the top. You can check out the full list of 170 cozy towns in America by clicking here.

10 Ways to Relax in New Harmony, IN

New Harmony, Indiana reminds me of Stars Hollow, the quaint town featured in 'The Gilmore Girls.' This historic community is also referred to as a Utopia. There is a lot to see and do, and there are certainly some spots to unplug and relax.

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See 11 Unique Attractions You'll Only Find in Indiana

The website, RoadsideAmerica.com, which keeps tabs on the more unique attractions each state has to offer, lists 75 attractions for Indiana. The following 11 are the ones I found to be the most interesting and hope to see in person with my own eyes one of these days.

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KEEP READING: 40 Real Indiana Towns with Quirky, Weird, and Funny Names

Outside the major cities, the Hoosier state is full of tiny little towns you've probably passed through on your way to one of those cities. Most of them are likely 100 to 150 years old, or older, and have been around far longer than the large metropolitan areas such as Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, South Bend, and Evansville. Typically, they were started by early settlers who found their way to the state and decided to make it home. Eventually, others would join them, and a community was formed. Over time, as the surrounding areas grew, most of them were folded into those areas and governed by the nearest city or county's governing body officially making them "unincorporated," meaning they did not have their own formally organized municipal government.

A scroll through Wikipedia's long list of unincorporated communities in Indiana shows several of them have names that by today's standards would be considered weird, quirky, or just downright right funny. These are my 40 favorities.

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