Jay County, Indiana

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

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Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named for John Jay who was Secretary of State of the United States, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and Governor of New York.

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History

Jay County was formally organized March 1, 1836. It is the only county in the United States named for John Jay, co-author of the Federalist Papers, Secretary of Foreign Affairs under the Articles of Confederation, and first Chief Justice of the United States. John Jay died in 1829.

Jay County is divided into 12 Civil Townships as follows: Bear Creek, Greene, Jackson, Jefferson, Knox, Madison, Noble, Penn, Pike, Richland, Wabash and Wayne.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 384 square miles (994 km²), of which 384 square miles (994 km²) is land and 0 square miles (0 km²) (0.05%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

North: Adams County
Northeast: Mercer County, Ohio
Southeast: Darke County, Ohio
South: Randolph County
Southwest: Delaware County
West: Blackford County
Northwest: Wells 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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