County
Adams Allen Bartholomew Benton Blackford Boone Brown Carroll Cass Clark Clay Clinton Crawford Daviess Dearborn Decatur DeKalb Delaware Duboi Elkhart Fayette Floyd Fountain Franklin Fulton Gibson Grant Greene Hamilton Hancock Harrison Hendricks Henry Howard Huntington Jackson Jasper Jay Jefferson Jennings Johnson Knox Kosciusko LaGrange Lake La Porte Lawrence Madison Marion Marshall Martin Miami Monroe Montgomery Morgan Newton Noble Ohio Orange Owen Parke Perry Pike Porter Posey Pulaski Putnam Randolph Ripley Rush Scott Shelby Spencer Starke St. Joseph Steuben Sullivan Switzerland Tippecanoe Tipton Union Vanderburgh Vermillion Vigo Wabash Warren Warrick Washington Wayne Wells White Whitley |
Origin of Name
President John Quincy Adams Colonel John Allen of Kentucky Gen. Joseph Bartholomew, U. S. Senator Thomas H. Benton, U. S. Senator Judge Isaac Blackford Daniel Boone Gen. Jacob Brown of War of 1812 Charles Carroll of Maryland Gen. Lewis Cass, Governor of Michigan Gen. George Rogers Clark Henry Clay DeWitt Clinton, Governor of New York Col. William Crawford Col. Joseph H. Daviess Gen. Henry Dearborn, Sec. of War Commodore Stephen Decator Baron DeKalb Delaware Indian tribe Toussaint Dubois Elkhart Indian tribe Marquis de Lafayette Col. John Floyd of Virginia Maj. Fountain of Kentucky Benjamin Franklin Robert Fulton John Gibson, Governor of Indiana Territory Capts.. Samuel and Moses Grant of Kentucky Gen. Nathaniel Greene of American Revolution Alexander Hamilton John Hancock William Henry Harrison, Territorial Governor William Hendricks, Governor of Indiana Patrick Henry Gen. T. A. Howard Samuel Huntington Gen. Andrew Jackson Sergeant William Jasper, Revolutionary War John Jay, Governor of New York Thomas Jefferson Jonathon Jennings, 1st Governor of Indiana Judge John Johnson, Indiana Supreme Court Gen. Knox, Secretary of War Kosciusko, Hero of American Revolution Name of Lafayette's home near Paris Lake Michigan French for "the door" or "the port" Capt. James Lawrence James Madison Gen. Francis Marion Chief Justice John Marshall Maj. John T. Martin of Kentucky Miami Indian tribe James Monroe Gen. Richard Montgomery Gen. Daniel Morgan Sgt. John Newton James Noble, 1st U. S. Senator from Indiana Ohio River Orange County, North Carolina Col. Abraham Owen, Tippecanoe Battle casualty Benjamin Parke, 1st territorial delegate to Congress Commodore Oliver H. Perry Gen. Zebulon M. Pike Commodore David Porter, War of 1812 Gen.Thomas Posey Count Casimir Pulaski, American Revolution Gen. Israel Putnam Thomas Randolph or Randolph Co. North Carolina Gen. E. W. Ripley, War of 1812 Dr. Benjamin Rush Gen. Charles Scott, Governor of Kentucky Isaac Shelby Capt. Spier Spencer General Starke St. Joseph River Baron Steuben of the Revolutionary War General Daniel Sullivan Switzerland, native land of first settlers Tippecanoe River and battleground Gen. John Tipton Symbolical of union of interests Henry Vanderburgh, Territorial judge Vermillion River Col. Francis Vigo Wabash River Gen. Joseph Warren, American Revolution Capt. Jacob Warrick George Washington Gen. Anthony Wayne Capt. William A. Wells Col. Isaac White Col. William Whitley |
Date of Organization
March1, 1836 April 1, 1824 February 12, 1821 February 18, 1840 April 2, 1838 April 1, 1830 April 1, 1836 May 1, 1828 April 14, 1829 February 3, 1801 April 1, 1825 March 1, 1830 March 1, 1818 February 15, 1817 March 7, 1803 March 4, 1822 May 1, 1837 April 1, 1827 February 1, 1818 April 1,1830 January 1, 1819 February 1, 1819 April 1, 1826 January 1, 1811 April 1, 1836 April 1, 1813 April 1, 1831 February 5, 1821 April 7, 1823 March 1, 1828 December 1, 1808 April 1, 1824 June 1, 1822 May 1, 1844 February 2, 1832 January 1, 1816 March 15, 1838 March 1, 1836 January 1, 1811 February 1, 1817 May 5, 1823 June 20,1790 June 1, 1836 April 1, 1832 February 15, 1837 April 1, 1832 March 16, 1818 July 1, 1823 April 1, 1822 April 1, 1836 February 1, 1820 March 1, 1834 April 10, 1818 March 1, 1823 February 15, 1822 December 8, 1859 March 1, 1836 March 1, 1844 February 1, 1816 January 1, 1819 April 2, 1821 November 1, 1814 February 1, 1817 February 1, 1836 November 1, 1814 May 6, 1839 April 1, 1822 August 10, 1818 April 10, 1818 April 1, 1822 February 1, 1820 April 1, 1822 February 1, 1818 January 15, 1850 April 1, 1830 May 1, 1837 January 15, 1817 October 1, 1814 March 1, 1826 May 1, 1844 February 1, 1821 February 1, 1818 February 1, 1824 February 15, 1818 March 1, 1835 March 1, 1827 April 1, 1813 January 17, 1814 January 1, 1811 May 1, 1837 April 1, 1834 April 1, 1838 |
County Seat
Decatur Fort Wayne Columbus Fowler Hartford City Lebanon Nashville Delphi Logansport Jeffersonville Brazil Frankfort English Washington Lawrenceburg Greensburg Auburn Muncie Jasper Goshen Connersville New Albany Covington Brookville Rochester Princeton Marion Bloomfield Noblesville Greenfield Corydon Danville New Castle Kokomo Huntington Brownstown Rensselaer Portland Madison Vernon Franklin Vincennes Warsaw LaGrange Crown Point La Porte Bedford Anderson Indianapolis Plymouth Shoals Peru Bloomington Crawfordsville Martinsville Kentland Albion Rising Sun Paoli Spencer Rockville Tell City Petersburg Valparaiso Mt. Vernon Winamac Greencastle Winchester Versailles Rushville Scottsburg Shelbyville Rockport Knox South Bend Angola Sullivan Vevay Lafayette Tipton Liberty Evansville Newport Terre Haute Wabash Williamsport Boonville Salem Richmond Bluffton Monticello Columbia City |