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Indiana Counties
Indiana CountiesIndiana 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. |
Morgan County, IndianaMorgan County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameNamed for American Revolutionary War General Daniel Morgan. Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryMorgan County began its official existence February 15, 1822. It was named for Gen. Daniel Morgan, who defeated the
British at the Battle of Cowpens in the Revolutionary War. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, mineral
springs in Martinsville gave rise to several spas, and the nickname of the Martinsville High School athletic teams has
subsequently been the Artesians. Settlers in Morgan County in the early nineteenth century came predominantly from
southern states. The Mooresville area and surrounding communities received large numbers of southern Quakers, driven to
migrate because of their opposition to slavery. Paul Hadley, a Mooresville resident, was the designer of the current
Indiana flag, as well as a locally prominent water color artist in the early twentieth century. The county courthouse,
built in the 1850s, is the oldest in central Indiana. Morgan County is divided into 14 Civil Townships as follows: Adams, Ashland, Baker, Brown, Clay, Green, Gregg, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Ray and Washington. GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 409 square miles (1,060 kmē), of which 406
square miles (1,053 kmē) is land and 3 square miles (8 kmē) (0.71%) is water. Morgan County is bisected by the White
River Valley; the community has taken an interest in recent years in protecting the river as an asset, seeking to
develop parks and greenways along the White River and initiating an annual river clean up day in the spring. Neighboring Counties:
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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." |