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Indiana Counties

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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.

Grant County, Indiana

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

County Seat: Marion
Year Organized: 1831
Square Miles: 414

Court House:

401 South Adams Street
County Office Building
Marion, IN 46953-2037

Etymology - Origin of County Name

It was named for Captains Samuel and Moses Grant of Kentucky, killed by Indians in 1789

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Grant County was formally organized April 1, 1832. It was named for Captains Samuel and Moses Grant of Kentucky.

Grant County is divided into 12 Civil Townships as follows: Center, Fairmount, Franklin, Green, Jefferson, Liberty Mill, Monroe, Pleasant, Richland, Sims, Van Buren and Washington.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 415 square miles (1,074 km²), of which 414 square miles (1,072 km²) is land and 1 square mile (2 km²) (0.20%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

Northeast: Huntington County; Wells County
East: Blackford County
Southeast: Delaware County
South: Madison County
Southwest: Tipton County
West: Howard County
Northwest: Miami County; Wabash County

Cities and Towns:

- Center	township
- Fairmount	town	Incorporated Area
- Fowlerton	town	Incorporated Area
- Gas City	city	Incorporated Area
- Jefferson	township
- Jonesboro	city	Incorporated Area
- Marion (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Matthews	town	Incorporated Area
- Mill	township
- Pleasant	township
- Sims	township
- Swayzee	town	Incorporated Area
- Sweetser	town	Incorporated Area
- Upland	town	Incorporated Area
- Van Buren	town	Incorporated Area

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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."