Hamilton County, Indiana

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

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Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named for Alexander Hamilton, aid to General George Washington throughout the Revolutionary War, first Treasurer of the United States most remembered for his fatal duel with Vice President Aaron Burr.

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History

Hamilton County was formally organized April 7, 1823.

Hamilton County is divided into 9 Civil Townships as follows: Adams, Clay, Delaware, Fall Creek, Jackson, Noblesville, Washington, Wayne and White River.

The land containing Hamilton County was brought into the possession of the United States by the Treaty of St. Mary's in 1818. William Conner was the first white settler in the county. In the summer of 1822, after realizing there were enough settlers in the area, Conner and other settlers applied to the Indiana Legislature for a charter authorizing them to become a separate and independent county under Indiana law. The application was presented to the Legislature at the 1822-23 session and the act was passed and approved by the Governor on January 8, 1823. The act took effect on the first Monday in April (April 7), 1823. The County Commissioners first met on May 5, 1823 at the house of William Conner. Conner's house would also serve as the County Circuit Court. The county was named after Alexander Hamilton, the first secretary of the treasury.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 403 square miles (1,043 km²), of which 398 square miles (1,031 km²) is land and 5 square miles (12 km²) (1.19%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

North: Tipton County
Northeast: Madison County
Southeast: Hancock County
South: Marion County
West: Boone County
Northwest: Clinton County

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

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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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