List of counties in Indiana
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The U.S. state of 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., 1,702 km²) and the smallest is Ohio (87 sq. mi., 225 km²). 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.
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[edit] Indiana County Population at a glance
Indiana is one of the most spread out states in the midwest. Unlike Illinois and Michigan, which have at least 40% of their population in one or two cities, Indiana has no city of more than 800,000 and its population is spread almost evenly. The average population of Indiana's ninety-two counties according to 2006 U. S. Census estimates is 66,092 with Marion County as the most populous (860,454) and Ohio County (5,623) the least. Indiana also has one of the fewest number of counties that have less than 10,000 residents with only five, Benton, Ohio, Switzerland, Union, and Warren, and of those, Benton and Switzerland have more than 9,000. Altogether, only 19 Counties have less than 20,000 residents. 46 of Indiana's counties lie between 20,000 and 50,000 residents with 8 Counties having between 50,000 and 100,000 residents and 17 counties having more than 100,000 residents, 7 of which have more than 150,000 residents. Only four of those even border each other. Allen and Vanderburgh Counties contain the stand-alone metro areas of Evansville and Fort Wayne, while Lake, La Porte, and Porter are part of the Chicago metropolitan area with Saint Joseph and Elkhart continuing the chain eastward into the Michiana Area and Hamilton, Hendricks, Johnson and Marion Counties are in the Indianapolis metropolitan area. Delaware, Monroe, Porter, Saint Joseph Tippecanoe, Vanderburgh and Vigo Counties contain the large college towns that are home to the big universities of Ball State, Indiana University, Valparaiso University, University of Notre Dame, Purdue University, University of Evansville, University of Southern Indiana, and Indiana State University respectively. Only one, Marion, where Indianapolis is located, with more than 750,000, but less than 900,000 residents.
[edit] Other Notes
- Marion County is a Unigov of the county and the city of Indianapolis.
- Another merger is in the works between Evansville and Vanderburgh County.
[edit] Current counties
The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code, which is used by the United States government to uniquely identify counties, is provided with each entry. The links in the column FIPS County Code are to the Census Bureau Info page for that county. Listed are the 92 counties of the U.S. state of Indiana.
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FIPS Code [1] |
County seat [2] |
Established [2] |
Origin |
Etymolgy |
Population [2] |
Area [2] |
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| Adams County | 001 | Decatur | 1835 | Adams New Purchase | John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States | 33,625 | 339 sq mi (878 km²) |
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| Allen County | 003 | Fort Wayne | 1824 | Delaware New Purchase | Colonel John Allen, Kentucky state senator | 331,849 | 657 sq mi (1,702 km²) |
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| Bartholomew County | 005 | Columbus | 1821 | Jackson and Delaware New Purchases | Lt. Col. Joseph Bartholomew | 71,435 | 407 sq mi (1,054 km²) |
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| Benton County | 007 | Fowler | 1840 | Jasper County | Thomas H. Benton, U.S. Senator from Missouri | 9,421 | 406 sq mi (1,052 km²) |
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| Blackford County | 009 | Hartford City | 1838 | Jay County | Judge Isaac Blackford, Speaker of the Indiana General Assembly and Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court | 14,048 | 165 sq mi (427 km²) |
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| Boone County | 011 | Lebanon | 1830 | Adams and Wabash New Purchases | Frontiersman Daniel Boone | 46,107 | 423 sq mi (1,096 km²) |
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| Brown County | 013 | Nashville | 1836 | Bartholomew County Jackson County Monroe County |
General Jacob Brown | 14,957 | 312 sq mi (808 km²) |
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| Carroll County | 015 | Delphi | 1828 | Adams and Wabash New Purchases | Charles Carroll, signer of the Declaration of Independence | 20,165 | 372 sq mi (963 km²) |
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| Cass County | 017 | Logansport | 1829 | Non-County Area | Gen. Lewis Cass, Governor of Michigan Territory and U.S. Secretary of State | 40,930 | 413 sq mi (1,070 km²) |
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| Clark County | 019 | Jeffersonville | 1801 | Knox County | General George Rogers Clark | 105,472 | 375 sq mi (971 km²) |
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| Clay County | 021 | Brazil | 1825 | Owen County Putnam County Sullivan County Vigo County |
Henry Clay | 26,556 | 358 sq mi (927 km²) |
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| Clinton County | 023 | Frankfort | 1830 | Adams and Wabash New Purchases | DeWitt Clinton, Governor of New York State | 33,866 | 405 sq mi (1,049 km²) |
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| Crawford County | 025 | English | 1818 | Orange County Harrison County Perry County |
Col. William Crawford | 10,743 | 306 sq mi (793 km²) |
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| Daviess County | 027 | Washington | 1816 | Knox County | Col. Joseph H. Daviess | 30,820 | 431 sq mi (1,116 km²) |
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| Dearborn County | 029 | Lawrenceburg | 1803 | Clark County Hamilton County, OH | U.S. Secretary of War Henry Dearborn | 46,109 | 305 sq mi (790 km²) |
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| Decatur County | 031 | Greensburg | 1821 | Delaware New Purchase | Commodore Stephen Decatur | 24,555 | 373 sq mi (966 km²) |
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| DeKalb County | 033 | Auburn | 1835 | Non-County Area | Johann de Kalb | 40,285 | 363 sq mi (940 km²) |
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| Delaware County | 035 | Muncie | 1827 | Delaware New Purchase | Delaware Native American people | 118,769 | 393 sq mi (1,018 km²) |
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| Dubois County | 037 | Jasper | 1817 | Perry County Pike County |
Toussaint Dubois | 39,674 | 430 sq mi (1,114 km²) |
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| Elkhart County | 039 | Goshen | 1830 | Non-County Area | Elkhart Native American people | 182,791 | 464 sq mi (1,202 km²) |
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| Fayette County | 041 | Connersville | 1818 | Franklin Wayne County and Non-County Area | Marquis de la Fayette | 25,588 | 215 sq mi (557 km²) |
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| Floyd County | 043 | New Albany | 1819 | Clark and Harrison Counties | Col. John Floyd, early settler Davis Floyd or early settler John Floyd | 78,823 | 148 sq mi (383 km²) |
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| Fountain County | 045 | Covington | 1825 | Montgomery County and Wabash New Purchase | Maj. James Fontaine | 17,954 | 396 sq mi (1,026 km²) |
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| Franklin County | 047 | Brookville | 1811 | Clark County Dearborn County Knox County |
Benjamin Franklin | 22,151 | 386 sq mi (1,000 km²) |
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| Fulton County | 049 | Rochester | 1835 | Non-County Area | Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat | 20,511 | 368 sq mi (953 km²) |
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| Gibson County | 051 | Princeton | 1813 | Knox County | John Gibson, a secretary of the Indiana Territory | 38,700 | 526 sq mi (1,362 km²) |
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| Grant County | 053 | Marion | 1831 | ? | Captains Samuel and Moses Grant | 73,403 | 414 sq mi (1,072 km²) |
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| Greene County | 055 | Bloomfield | 1821 | Sullivan County Non-County Area |
Gen. Nathanael Greene | 32,157 | 522 sq mi (1,352 km²) |
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| Hamilton County | 057 | Noblesville | 1823 | ? | Alexander Hamilton | 255,740 | 388 sq mi (1,005 km²) |
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| Hancock County | 059 | Greenfield | 1827 | ? | John Hancock | 55,391 | 306 sq mi (793 km²) |
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| Harrison County | 061 | Corydon | 1808 | ? | William Henry Harrison, governor of Indiana Territory and U.S. President | 34,325 | 485 sq mi (1,256 km²) |
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| Hendricks County | 063 | Danville | 1823 | ? | Governor of Indiana William Hendricks | 104,093 | 408 sq mi (1,057 km²) |
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| Henry County | 065 | New Castle | 1821 | ? | Patrick Henry | 48,508 | 393 sq mi (1,018 km²) |
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| Howard County | 067 | Kokomo | 1844 | ? | Gen. Tilghman Howard, a U.S. Representative from Indiana | 84,964 | 293 sq mi (759 km²) |
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| Huntington County | 069 | Huntington | 1832 | ? | Samuel Huntington, signer the Declaration of Independence | 38,075 | 383 sq mi (992 km²) |
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| Jackson County | 071 | Brownstown | 1815 | ? | U.S. President Andrew Jackson | 41,335 | 509 sq mi (1,318 km²) |
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| Jasper County | 073 | Rensselaer | 1835 | ? | Sgt. William Jasper | 30,043 | 560 sq mi (1,450 km²) |
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| Jay County | 075 | Portland | 1835 | ? | John Jay, first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court | 21,806 | 384 sq mi (995 km²) |
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| Jefferson County | 077 | Madison | 1810 | ? | U.S. President Thomas Jefferson | 31,705 | 361 sq mi (935 km²) |
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| Jennings County | 079 | Vernon | 1816 | ? | The first Governor of Indiana, Jonathan Jennings | 27,554 | 377 sq mi (976 km²) |
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| Johnson County | 081 | Franklin | 1822 | ? | John Johnson, a judge of the Indiana Supreme Court | 115,209 | 320 sq mi (829 km²) |
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| Knox County | 083 | Vincennes | 1790 | ? | U.S. Secretary of War Henry Knox | 39,256 | 516 sq mi (1,336 km²) |
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| Kosciusko County | 085 | Warsaw | 1835 | ? | Tadeusz Kościuszko | 74,057 | 538 sq mi (1,393 km²) |
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| LaGrange County | 087 | LaGrange | 1832 | ? | The Marquis de la Fayette's home outside of Paris, France | 34,909 | 387 sq mi (1,002 km²) |
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| Lake County | 089 | Crown Point | 1835 | ? | Its location on Lake Michigan | 484,564 | 380 sq mi (984 km²) |
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| LaPorte County | 091 | LaPorte | 1836 | ? | LaPorte means the door or the port in the French language | 110,106 | 497 sq mi (1,287 km²) |
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| Lawrence County | 093 | Bedford | 1819 | ? | Capt. James Lawrence | 45,922 | 449 sq mi (1,163 km²) |
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| Madison County | 095 | Anderson | 1823 | ? | U.S. President James Madison | 133,358 | 452 sq mi (1,171 km²) |
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| Marion County | 097 | Indianapolis | 1821 | ? | Gen. Francis Marion | 860,454 | 396 sq mi (1,026 km²) |
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| Marshall County | 099 | Plymouth | 1835 | ? | U.S. Chief Justice John Marshall | 45,128 | 444 sq mi (1,150 km²) |
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| Martin County | 101 | Shoals | 1820 | ? | Maj. John T. Martin | 10,369 | 336 sq mi (870 km²) |
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| Miami County | 103 | Peru | 1832 | ? | Miami Native American people | 36,082 | 376 sq mi (974 km²) |
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| Monroe County | 105 | Bloomington | 1818 | ? | U.S. President James Monroe | 120,563 | 394 sq mi (1,020 km²) |
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| Montgomery County | 107 | Crawfordsville | 1822 | ? | Gen. Richard Montgomery | 37,629 | 505 sq mi (1,308 km²) |
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| Morgan County | 109 | Martinsville | 1821 | ? | Gen. Daniel Morgan | 66,689 | 406 sq mi (1,052 km²) |
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| Newton County | 111 | Kentland | 1857 | ? | Sgt. John Newton | 14,566 | 402 sq mi (1,041 km²) |
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| Noble County | 113 | Albion | 1835 | ? | James Noble, the first U.S. Senator from Indiana | 46,275 | 411 sq mi (1,064 km²) |
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| Ohio County | 115 | Rising Sun | 1844 | ? | The Ohio River | 5,623 | 87 sq mi (225 km²) |
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| Orange County | 117 | Paoli | 1815 | ? | Orange County, North Carolina, in turn named for the Dutch Protestant House of Orange | 19,306 | 400 sq mi (1,036 km²) |
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| Owen County | 119 | Spencer | 1818 | ? | Abraham Owen | 21,786 | 385 sq mi (997 km²) |
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| Parke County | 121 | Rockville | 1821 | ? | Benjamin Parke, a delegate of Indiana Territory to the U.S. Congress | 17,241 | 445 sq mi (1,153 km²) |
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| Perry County | 123 | Tell City | 1814 | ? | Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry | 18,899 | 381 sq mi (987 km²) |
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| Pike County | 125 | Petersburg | 1816 | ? | Zebulon M. Pike | 12,837 | 336 sq mi (870 km²) |
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| Porter County | 127 | Valparaiso | 1845 | ? | Capt. David Porter | 146,798 | 418 sq mi (1,083 km²) |
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| Posey County | 129 | Mount Vernon | 1814 | ? | Thomas Posey, a governor of Indiana Territory | 27,061 | 408 sq mi (1,057 km²) |
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| Pulaski County | 131 | Winamac | 1835 | ? | Kazimierz Pułaski | 13,755 | 434 sq mi (1,124 km²) |
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| Putnam County | 133 | Greencastle | 1821 | ? | Gen. Israel Putnam | 36,019 | 480 sq mi (1,243 km²) |
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| Randolph County | 135 | Winchester | 1818 | ? | Either Thomas Randolph, a soldier killed at the Battle of Tippecanoe, or for Randolph County, North Carolina | 27,401 | 453 sq mi (1,173 km²) |
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| Ripley County | 137 | Versailles | 1816 | ? | Gen. Eleazer Wheelock Ripley | 26,523 | 446 sq mi (1,155 km²) |
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| Rush County | 139 | Rushville | 1821 | ? | Dr. Benjamin Rush, signer the Declaration of Independence | 18,261 | 408 sq mi (1,057 km²) |
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| St. Joseph County | 141 | South Bend | 1830 | ? | St. Joseph River, which flows through it toward Lake Michigan | 301,559 | 457 sq mi (1,184 km²) |
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| Scott County | 143 | Scottsburg | 1820 | ? | Charles Scott, Governor of Kentucky | 22,960 | 190 sq mi (492 km²) |
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| Shelby County | 145 | Shelbyville | 1821 | ? | Gen. Isaac Shelby, Governor of Kentucky | 43,445 | 413 sq mi (1,070 km²) |
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| Spencer County | 147 | Rockport | 1818 | ? | Capt. Spier Spencer | 20,391 | 399 sq mi (1,033 km²) |
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| Starke County | 149 | Knox | 1835 | ? | Gen. John Stark | 23,556 | 309 sq mi (800 km²) |
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| Steuben County | 151 | Angola | 1835 | ? | Baron Frederick von Steuben | 33,214 | 309 sq mi (800 km²) |
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| Sullivan County | 153 | Sullivan | 1816 | ? | Daniel Sullivan | 21,751 | 447 sq mi (1,158 km²) |
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| Switzerland County | 155 | Vevay | 1814 | ? | The home country of many of the early settlers, Switzerland | 9,065 | 221 sq mi (572 km²) |
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| Tippecanoe County | 157 | Lafayette | 1826 | ? | The Tippecanoe River and the Battle of Tippecanoe | 148,955 | 500 sq mi (1,295 km²) |
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| Tipton County | 159 | Tipton | 1844 | ? | John Tipton | 16,577 | 260 sq mi (673 km²) |
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| Union County | 161 | Liberty | 1821 | ? | The union of parts of Fayette, Franklin and Wayne counties | 7,349 | 162 sq mi (420 km²) |
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| Vanderburgh County | 163 | Evansville | 1818 | Gibson County Posey County Warrick County |
Henry Vanderburgh, a judge for Indiana Territory | 188,922 | 235 sq mi (609 km²) |
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| Vermillion County | 165 | Newport | 1824 | ? | The Vermillion River | 16,788 | 257 sq mi (666 km²) |
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| Vigo County | 167 | Terre Haute | 1818 | ? | Francis Vigo | 105,848 | 403 sq mi (1,044 km²) |
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| Wabash County | 169 | Wabash | 1832 | ? | The Wabash River | 34,960 | 413 sq mi (1,070 km²) |
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| Warren County | 171 | Williamsport | 1827 | ? | Dr. Joseph Warren | 8,419 | 365 sq mi (945 km²) |
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| Warrick County | 173 | Boonville | 1813 | Gibson County | Capt. Jacob Warrick | 60,010 | 384 sq mi (995 km²) |
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| Washington County | 175 | Salem | 1813 | ? | U.S. President George Washington | 27,223 | 514 sq mi (1,331 km²) |
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| Wayne County | 177 | Richmond | 1810 | ? | Gen. "Mad" Anthony Wayne | 71,097 | 404 sq mi (1,046 km²) |
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| Wells County | 179 | Bluffton | 1835 | ? | Capt. William A. Wells | 27,600 | 370 sq mi (958 km²) |
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| White County | 181 | Monticello | 1834 | ? | Capt. Isaac White | 25,267 | 505 sq mi (1,308 km²) |
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| Whitley County | 183 | Columbia City | 1835 | ? | Col. William Whitley | 30,707 | 336 sq mi (870 km²) |
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[edit] Defunct counties
- Richardville County, renamed in 1846 to the current Howard County.
[edit] See also
- Indiana
- List of cities in Indiana
- List of Indiana townships (By Township Name)
- List of Indiana Townships (By County Name)
- List of school districts in Indiana (by county)
- List of high schools in Indiana
- List of Indiana county name etymologies
[edit] References
- Find a County. National Association of Counties. Retrieved on 2007-04-30. - Counties, county seats, county formation, and areas
- US Census Bureau. Geographic Comparison Table. Retrieved on 2007-04-27. - Populations
- Indiana Counties. Indiana Historical Bureau. Retrieved on 2007-05-08. - Etymologies
[edit] External links
- Association of Indiana Counties
- Census 2000 Gazetteer
- National Association of Counties
- Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles County Prefixes
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