e-ReferenceDesk's College and 50 State Learning Resource Guide

Find Online Colleges

Find Campus Colleges

Indiana State...

Indiana

Choose a County

Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Cass, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, DeKalb, Delaware, Dubois, Elkhart, Fayette, Floyd, Fountain, Franklin, Fulton, Gibson, Grant, Greene, Hamilton, Hancock, Harrison, Hendricks, Henry, Howard, Huntington, Jackson, Jasper, Jay, Jefferson, Jennings, Johnson, Knox, Kosciusko, La Porte, LaGrange, Lake, Lawrence, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Martin, Miami, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Newton, Noble, Ohio, Orange, Owen, Parke, Perry, Pike, Porter, Posey, Pulaski, Putnam, Randolph, Ripley, Rush, Scott, Shelby, Spencer, St. Joseph, Starke, Steuben, Sullivan, Switzerland, Tippecanoe, Tipton, Union, Vanderburgh, Vermillion, Vigo, Wabash, Warren, Warrick, Washington, Wayne, Wells, White, Whitley

Indiana Counties

Click Image to Enlarge

Indiana Counties

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.

DeKalb County, Indiana

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

County Seat: Auburn
Year Organized: 1835
Square Miles: 363

Court House:

100 South Main Street
County Courthouse
Auburn, IN 46706-2321

Etymology - Origin of County Name

The county was named for General De Kalb, an American Revolutionary War officer who was of German descent.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

DeKalb County was organized February 2, 1837 becoming effective May 1, 1837. Auburn became the County Seat May 1, 1837. First settled in 1836 by W. Park, by 1849 it contained fifty houses, all of wood, and 300 inhabitants; the public buildings consisted of a Courthouse along with offices for the Clerk, Recorder and Auditor.

A disastrous fire occurred February 8, 1913, which destroyed part of the county records, among which were all the records of the County Clerk.

DeKalb County is divided into 15 Civil Townships as follows: Butler, Concord, Fairfield, Franklin, Grant, Jackson, Keyser, Newville, Richland, Smithfield, Spencer, Stafford, Troy, Union and Wilmington.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 364 square miles (942 km²), of which 363 square miles (940 km²) is land and 1 square mile (3 km²) (0.27%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

North: Steuben County
Northeast: Williams County, Ohio
East: Defiance County, Ohio
South: Allen County
West: Noble County
Northwest: Lagrange County

Cities and Towns:

- Altona	town	Incorporated Area
- Ashley	town	Incorporated Area
- Auburn (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Butler	city	Incorporated Area
- Cedar Creek	township
- Corunna	town	Incorporated Area
- Garrett	city	Incorporated Area
- Jackson	township
- Keyser	township
- Newville	township
- St. Joe	town	Incorporated Area
- Stafford	township
- Steuben	township
- Union	township
- Waterloo	town	Incorporated Area
- Wilmington	township

County Resources:

Enter County Resources and Information Here

County Resources

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."