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Hancock County

hancock.jpgEst. 1828
(John Hancock)

Hoosier poet James Whitcomb Riley was born and raised in Greenfield. He wrote about life in Hancock County through poems such as “Little Orphan Annie” and “The Old Swimmin’ Hole.”

The first gas refrigerator for home use was marketed in Evansville in 1926.
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