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