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Indiana is divided into 92 counties. The oldest and newest Counties in Indiana are Knox County (created 1790) and Newton County (created 1857).

The largest county is Allen (657 sq. mi.) and the smallest is Ohio (87 sq. mi.). According to the Indiana Constitution, no county may be created of less than 400 square miles, nor may any county smaller than this be further reduced in size.

Many Indiana Counties are named for the US Founding Fathers and personalities of the American Revolutionary War, the War of 1812 and Battle of Tippecanoe; early leaders of Indiana Territory and Indiana, as well as surrounding states like Michigan and Kentucky; plus Native American tribes and geographical features.
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Decatur County, Indiana

Decatur County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Greensburg
Year Organized: 1821
Square Miles: 373
Court House:

150 Courthouse Square, Suite 109
County Courthouse
Greensburg, IN 47240-2099

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named for Commodore Stephen Decatur, 1804 hero of Tripoli often remembered for his toast "... Our Country, may she always be right; but our country, right or wrong!" He also fought heroically in the War of 1812. Decatur was mortally wounded in a duel with Commodore James Barron on March 22, 1820.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Decatur County was organized December 31, 1821, and became effective on March 4, 1822. It was named for Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr., naval officer in the First and Second Barbary Wars, and in the War of 1812. Decatur was mortally wounded in a duel in 1820


Greensburg is the County Seat. Tradition says that the wife of Colonel Thomas Hendricks named this town in honor of her old hometown in Pennsylvania.

Decatur County is divided into 9 Civil Townships as follows: Adams, Clay, Clinton, Fugit, Jackson, Marion, Salt Creek, Sand Creek and Washington.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 373 square miles (967 kmē), of which 373 square miles (965 kmē) is land and 1 square mile (2 kmē) (0.22%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

  • North: Rush County
  • Northeast: Franklin County
  • Southeast: Ripley County
  • Southwest: Jennings County; Bartholomew County
  • Northwest: Shelby County

Cities and Towns:

- Adams township
- Clay township
- Fugit township
- Greensburg (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Jackson township
- Millhousen town Incorporated Area
- New Point town Incorporated Area
- Saltcreek township
- Sandcreek township
- St. Paul town Incorporated Area
- Westport town Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of this country!"

But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.

Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally."
 
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