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Indiana County Information

County NameCounty SeatDate of FoundingProbable Name Origin
ADAMS Decatur 2/7/1835 President John Quincy Adams
ALLEN Fort Wayne 12/17/1823 Col John Allen , killed at River Raisin
BARTHOLOMEW Columbus 1/8/1821 Gen Joseph Bartholomew, Battle of Tippecanoe
BENTON Fowler 2/18/1840 US Senator Thomas Benton
BLACKFORD Hartford City 2/15/1838 Judge Isaac Blackford
BOONE Lebanon 1/29/1830 Daniel Boone
BROWN Nashville 2/4/1836 Gen Jacob Brown of War of 1812
CARROLL Delphi 1/7/1828 Charles Carroll
CASS Logansport 12/18/1828 General Louis Cass, a Governor of Michigan
CLARK Jeffersonville 2/3/1801 General George Rogers Clark
CLAY Brazil 2/12/1825 Senator Henry Clay
CLINTON Frankfort 1/29/1830 DeWitt Clinton, Governor of New York
CRAWFORD English 1/29/1818 Colonel William Crawford
DAVIES Washington 2/24/1816 Colonel Joseph Daviess, at Battle of Tippecanoe
DEARBORN Lawrenceburg 3/7/1803 General Henry Dearborn, Sec of War
DECATUR Greensburg 12/31/1821 Commodore Stephen Decatur
DEKALB Auburn 2/7/1835 Baron DeKalb, German nobleman
DELAWARE Muncie 1/26/1827 Delaware Indian tribe
DUBOIS Jasper 12/20/1817 Toussaint Dubois, served under William Henry Harrison
ELKHART Goshen 1/29/1830 Elkhart River
FAYETTE Connersville 12/28/1818 General Lafayette
FLOYD New Albany 1/2/1819 Col John Floyd of Kentucky
FOUNTAIN Covington 12/30/1825 Major Fountain of Kentucky
FRANKLIN Brookville 2/1/1811 Benjamin Franklin
FULTON Rochester 2/7/1835 Robert Fulton
GIBSON Princeton 4/1/1813 General John Gibson
GRANT Marion 1/10/1831 Samuel and Moses Grant
GREENE Bloomfield 1/5/1821 General Nathaniel Greene
HAMILTON Noblesville 1/8/1823 Alexander Hamilton
HANCOCK Greenfield 1/26/1827 John Hancock
HARRISON Corydon 12/1/1808 William Henry Harrison, Territorial Governor
HENDRICKS Danville 12/20/1823 Indiana Governor William Hendricks
HENRY New Castle 12/31/1821 Patrick Henry
HOWARD Kokomo 1/15/1844 Tighman Howard, Indiana Statesman
HUNTINGTON Huntington 2/2/1832 Samuel Huntington
JACKSON Brownstown 1/1/1816 General Andrew Jackson
JASPER Rensselaer 2/7/1835 Sgt. Jasper
JAY Portland 2/7/1835 John Jay, Governor of New York
JEFFERSON Madison 11/23/1810 President Thomas Jefferson
JENNINGS Vernon 12/27/1816 Jonathan Jennings, Indiana’s First Governor
JOHNSON Franklin 12/31/1822 Judge John Johnson
KNOX Vincennes 6/30/1790 General Henry Knox
KOSCIUSKO Warsaw 2/7/1835 General Kosciusko
LAGRANGE LaGrange 2/2/1832 General Lafayette’s home near Paris
LAKE Crown Point 1/28/1836 Lake Michigan
LAPORTE LaPorte 1/9/1832 French term meaning “the door”
LAWRENCE Bedford 1/7/1818 Captain James Lawrence
MADISON Anderson 1/4/1823 President Jame Madison
MARION Indianapolis 12/31/1821 General Francis Marion
MARSHALL Plymouth 2/7/1835 Chief Justice John Marshall
MARTIN Shoals 1/17/1820 Major John Martin of Kentucky
MIAMI Peru 1/30/1833 Miami Indians
MONROE Bloomington 1/14/1818 President James Monroe
MONTGOMERY Crawfordsville 12/21/1822 General Richard Montgomery
MORGAN Martinsville 12/31/1831 General Daniel Morgan
NEWTON Kentland 2/7/1835 SGT John Newton
NOBLE Albion 2/7/1835 Noah Noble, Indiana Governor
OHIO Rising Son 1/4/1844 Ohio River
OWEN Spencer 12/21/1818 Colonel Abraham Owen
ORANGE Paoli 2/1/1816 Orange County, North Carolina
PARKE Rockville 1/9/1821 Benjamin Parke
PERRY Tell City 11/1/1814 Commmodore David Porter
PIKE Petersburg 12/21/1816 General Zebulon Pike
PORTERValparaiso 2/7/1835 Commodore David Porter
POSEY Mt. Vernon 11/1/1814 Governon Thomas Posey
PULASKI Winamac 2/7/1835 Count Casimer Pulaski
PUTNAM Greencastle 12/31/1821 General Israel Putnam
RANDOLPH Winchester 1/10/1818 Thomas Randolph
RIPLEY Versailles 12/27/1816 General E W Ripley
RUSH Rushville 12/31/1821 Dr. Benjamin Rush
SCOTT Scottsburg 1/12/1820 General Charles Scott
SHELBY Shelbyville 12/31/1821 Isaac Shelby
SPENCER Rockport 1/10/1818 Colonel Spier Spencer
STARKE Knox 2/7/1835 General John Starke
ST. JOSEPH South Bend 1/29/1830 Joesph, husband of Mary
STEUBEN Angola 2/7/1835 Baron Van Steuben
SULLIVAN Sullivan 12/30/1816 Daniel Sullivsn
SWITZERLAND Vevey 10/1/1814 Country of Switzerland
TIPPECANOE Lafayette 1/20/1826 Tippencanoe River and battleground
TIPTON Tipton 1/15/1844 US Senator John Tipton
UNION Liberty 1/5/1821 Union of States
VANDERBURGH Evansville 1/7/1818 Judge Henry Vanderburgh
VERMILLION Newport 1/2/1824 Vermillion River
VIGO Terre Haute 1/21/1818 Colonel Francis Vigo
WABASH Wabash 1/20/1820 Wabash River
WARREN Williamsport 1/19/1827 General Joseph Warren
WARRICK Boonville 3/9/1813 Captain Jacob Warrick
WASHINGTON Salem 12/21/1813 President George Washington
WAYNE Richmond 11/27/1810 General “Mad” Anthony Wayne
WELLS Bluffton 2/7/1835 Captain William Wells
WHITE Monticello 2/1/1834 Colonel Isaac White
WHITLEY Columbia City 2/7/1835 Colonel William Whitley