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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.

Greene County, Indiana

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

County Seat: Bloomfield
Year Organized: 1821
Square Miles: 542

Court House:

North Locust Court
County Courthouse
Bloomfield, IN 47424-0000

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named for Gen. Nathaniel Greene, a participant in the American Revolution

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Greene County was organized effective February 5, 1821. It was named for Gen. Nathanael Greene, who commanded the southern theater in the Revolutionary War, eventually forcing Cornwallis to retreat to Yorktown.

Greene County is divided into 15 Civil Townships as follows: Beech Creek, Cass, Center, Fairplay, Grant, Highland, Jackson, Jefferson, Richland, Smith, Stafford, Stockton, Taylor, Washington and Wright.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 546 square miles (1,414 km²), of which 542 square miles (1,403 km²) is land and 4 square miles (11 km²) (0.77%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

Northeast: Owen County; Monroe County
Southeast: Lawrence County; Martin County
Southwest: Daviess County; Knox County
West: Sullivan County
Northwest: Clay County

Cities and Towns:

- Beech Creek	township
- Bloomfield (County Seat)	town	Incorporated Area
- Cass	township
- Center	township
- Fairplay	township
- Grant	township
- Jackson	township
- Jasonville	city	Incorporated Area
- Jefferson	township
- Linton	city	Incorporated Area
- Lyons	town	Incorporated Area
- Newberry	town	Incorporated Area
- Smith	township
- Stafford	township
- Stockton	township
- Switz City	town	Incorporated Area
- Taylor	township
- Worthington	town	Incorporated Area
- Wright	township

County Resources:

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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."