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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.

Kosciusko County, Indiana

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

County Seat: Warsaw
Year Organized: 1835
Square Miles: 538

Court House:

100 West Center Street
County Courthouse
Warsaw, IN 46580-2873

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named for Revolutionary War General Thaddeus Kosciusko.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Kosciusko County was organized June 1, 1837. Warsaw, the County Seat, was named in honor of the capital of General Kosciusko's native land. By 1849 it contained good county buildings, two commodious churches and had a population of 400.

Kosciusko County is divided into 17 Civil Townships as follows: Clay, Etna, Franklin, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Lake, Monroe, Plain, Prairie, Scott, Seward, Tippecanoe, Turkey Creek, Van Buren, Washington and Wayne

Geographical features

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 554 square miles (1,436 km²), of which 538 square miles (1,392 km²) is land and 17 square miles (44 km²) (3.04%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

North: Elkhart County
Northeast: Noble County
Southeast: Whitley County
South: Wabash County
Southwest: Fulton County
Northwest: Marshall County

Cities and Towns:

- Burket	town	Incorporated Area
- Clay	township
- Claypool	town	Incorporated Area
- Etna Green	town	Incorporated Area
- Harrison	township
- Jackson	township
- Jefferson	township
- Lake	township
- Leesburg	town	Incorporated Area
- Mentone	town	Incorporated Area
- Milford	town	Incorporated Area
- North Webster	town	Incorporated Area
- Pierceton	town	Incorporated Area
- Plain	township
- Prairie	township
- Seward	township
- Sidney	town	Incorporated Area
- Silver Lake	town	Incorporated Area
- Syracuse	town	Incorporated Area
- Turkey Creek	township
- Warsaw (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Wayne	township
- Winona Lake	town	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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County Resource Guide

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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