Hancock County, Indiana

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

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Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named for John Hancock, the first signer of the Declaration of Independence who is remembered for his large signature. It is said he wanted King George to be able to see it without his glasses!

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History

Hancock County was organized effective March 1, 1828. It was named for John Hancock, president of the Continental Congress, who signed his name prominently to the Declaration of Independence

Hancock County is divided into 9 Civil Townships as follows: Blue River, Brandywine, Brown, Buck Creek, Center, Green, Jackson, Sugar Creek and Vernon

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 307 square miles (794 km²), of which 306 square miles (793 km²) is land and 1 square mile (2 km²) (0.20%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

North: Madison County
Northeast: Henry County
Southeast: Rush County
South: Shelby County
West: Marion County
Northwest: Hamilton 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!"

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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