USA > Indiana > Bowen's Indiana state atlas, containing a separate map of each county, showing section, township and range lines, railroad and interurban lines, churches and school houses and public highways, with a historical sketch of each county; improved roads shown in colors; also containing maps of Indiana, the United States and the world; population of counties, townships, incorporated cities and towns, with estimated population for 1920; geographical and other tables; a history of the growth of the state, and an explanation of the system of land surveys > Part 14
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Among the many small villages in the county are Trinity Springs, Burns City, Blankenship, Cale, Mt. Olive, Indian Springs, Proctor, Natchez, Reeve, Oakridge, Killion, Hunt, Spa, Whitfield, MeCameron, Bramble and Rush, Trinity Springs and Indian Springs are becoming noted as summer resorts, both places having springs of medicinal water.
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Daviess county, named in honor of Col. Joseph H. Daviess, was organized December 16, 1816, the first county seat being given the name of Liverpool. The name was later changed to Washington. The county is bounded by the East Fork of White river on the south and the West Fork of White river ou the west and as a result there is a large amount of river bottom land in the county. Most of its land area of 277,120 acres is capable of cultivation. There are rich beds of coal and some oil in the county. The assessed valuation of the county in 1914 was $14,430,160. There are 120 schools, 201 teachers and 6,205 pupils. The county has nine banks. The population in 1910 was 27,747, a decrease of more than two thousand since the preceding decade, the population in 1900 being 29,914.
Washington, the county seat, had a population of 7,854 in 1910, but it is now estimated at 11,000. It is situated near the western part of the county, nineteeu miles east of Vincennes, and is reached by two railroads, the B. & O. S. W. aud the C. & E. I. The C., T. H. & S. E. railroad runs across the northern part of the county, crossing the C. & E. I. at Elnora. The city has three banks, one trust company, six churches, two newspapers, public library, electric, gas and water plants and paved streets. There is also a street car system, but no interurbans
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Knox county, named in honor of Henry Knox, the first secretary of war, was the first county organized in Indiana. It was created June 30, 1790, and included at that time practically all of the states of Indiana, Illinois, Michigan aud Wis- consiu. Its county seat, Vincennes, became the first capital of Indiana Territory iu 1800 and remained such until 1813, when it was removed to Corydon. It is bounded by Sullivan aud Greene counties on the north, White river on the east and south, and by the Wabash river on the west. Thus practically all of its 326,400 acres may be considered as river bottom land. A large amount of coal is mined in the county. Its assessed valuation in 1914 was $26,870,810. It has 96 schools, 289 teachers and 9,230 pupils. There are 15 banks. The population of the county in 1800 was 2,517, in 1860 it was 16,056, and in 1910 it had increased to 39,183, having shown an increase at each decennial census since 1860.
Vinceunes, the oldest town west of the Alleghanies, dating from 1732, is on the Wabash river, and reached by four railroads: Big Four, B. & O. S. W., C. & E. I. and the Pennsylvania. The city has enjoyed a steady growth and although the 1910 census gave it a population of only 14,895, it is now (1917) estimated at 20,000. It has five banks, two trust companies, three daily newspapers, nine pub- lic schools and two parochial school buildings, twenty-two churches, public library, Y. M. C. A. building and fine city buildings. It has all the improvements of the modern city-electric, water works and sewage systems and paved streets. The manufactured products include whiskey, flour, silos, iron bridges, agricultural implements, canned goods, electric fans, paper boxes, auto bodies, iron sewer pipe, window glass, hominy, beer, barrels, furniture, artificial ice, concrete blocks and pipes and lumber products of various kinds. The city is the seat. of Vincennes University, the oldest institution of learning west of the Alleghanies.
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Orange county, named after a county in North Carolina from which many of the early settlers came, was organized December 26, 1816, with its county seat at Paoli. It lies in the south central part of the state, one county removed from the Ohio river. Its land area of 260,480 acres is very broken and much of it does not admit of successful farming. It contains inexhaustible quantities of stone, little of which has been quarried. The assessed valuation of the county in 1914 was $6,523,469. It has 92 schools, 137 teachers and 4,069 pupils. There are six banks. The population of the county in 1860 was 12,076 and it has shown a steady increase at each succeeding census, the last ceusus giving it a population of 17,192.
Paoli, the county seat, has a population of about 1,400. It is on the Monon railroad, on the branch line running from Orleans to French Lick Springs. The town has two banks, two newspapers, water works, electric lights, four churches and a new school building. Its manufactured products include lime, furniture, canned goods and flour.
The other incorporated towns iu the county are Orleans, French Lick and West Baden. French Lick, with a population of 2,100, is the largest town in the county, and the home of the famous French Lick Springs. It has one bank, a newspaper, water works, electric lights, paved streets, six churches and a number of small industries. The springs attract thousands of visitors annually, and French Lick is becoming known as one of the most famous health resorts in the country. West Baden, also noted for its medicinal springs, is two miles from French Lick, is con- nected with it by an electric line. It has a bank, newspaper, water works, electric lights and paved streets.
Other villages in the county are Leipsic, Abydel, Syria, Helix, Ethel, Obi, Greenbrier, Orangeville, Scarlet, Elon, Rego, Chambersburg, Stamoers Creek, Ston- ington and Bremer. One of the most interesting features in the county is Lost river, a stream which runs through the county under ground for many miles. There are also a number of caves in the county, their presence being due to the peculiar limestone formation to be found in the county.
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Washington county, named iu honor of the first president of the United States, was organized December 21, 1813, with its county seat at Salem. The surface of the county is very broken and a considerable portiou of its 332,160 acres is unsuitable for profitable agriculture. The assessed valuation of the county in 1914 was $8,531,395. It has 127 schools, 160 teachers and 4,116 pupils. There are six banks iu the county. Its population in 1860 was 17,909, or nearly 500 more than it had in 1910. In 1850 it was 17.040, while in 1910, 60 years later, it had increased only to 17,445. Its greatest population was returned iu 1900, when it had 19,409.
Salem, the county seat, with a population of 2,100, is located on the Monon railroad, 39 miles northwest of Louisville, Kentucky. It has two banks, two newspapers and a number of small industries, including a saw mill, planing mill, kitchen cabinet factory, two flouring mills and a spoke factory. Salem is noted as the birthplace of John Hay, secretary of state under President Mckinley.
The other incorporated towns in the county are Saltillo, Campbellsburg, Little York, Livonia, New Pekin, Fredericksburg and Hardinsburg. None of these vil- lages has more than 500 inhabitants, except Campbellsburg.
The unincorporated villages of the county include Martinsburg, Millport, Delaney, Hitchcock, Rush Creek Valley, Canton, New Philadelphia, Harristown, Blankenbaker, Farabee, Bartle, Lesterville, Mckinley, Smedley, Claysville, Rose- bud. Organspring, Chestnut, South Boston, Blue River and Kossuth.
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Scott connty, named in honor of Gen. Charles Scott, who in 1791 led a force of 800 men from Cincinnati to Wea Village. eight miles below Lafayette on the Wabash river, was created in a very peculiar manner. The legislative ,act of Jannary 12, 1820, provided for a commission of disinterested citizens, who were to define the limits of the proposed connty, taking the corners off of five counties- Jennings. Jefferson, Clark, Washington and Jackson-to form the new connty. The same commission located the first connty seat at Lexington, where it re- mained nntil it was permanently located at Scottshnrg in February, 1874. The connty contains some good farming land, but a considerable portion of its 121,600 acres is too broken for profitable agriculture. The southern part of the county is especially hilly. The assessed valuation of the county in 1914 was $3,674,520. It has 46 schools, 67 teachers and 1,996 pupils. There are fonr banks in the connty. The population of the county in 1860 was 7,303, reached its greatest growth in 1880 with a population of 8,343, and showed a slight decrease in 1910, when it had 8.323 inhabitants.
Scottsburg, the county seat, with a population of 1,700, is the largest town in the connty and the only one incorporated. It is situated about the center of the connty on the P., C., C. & St. L. railroad, 31 miles north of Lonisville, Ken- tncky. It has two banks, two newspapers, broom factory, canning factory, flonr mills, and brick and tile works.
The nnincorporated villages of the connty include Lexington, Vienna, Anstin, Hardy, Alpha, Marshfield, New Frankfort, Glasco, Day and Blocher. Lexington, the former connty seat, a village of 300, is on the B. & O. S. W. railroad. It has a bank, canning factory, wagon factory and cheese factory.
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Jefferson county, the fifth in the state to be organized, was created hy the territorial legislature with the act of November 23, 1810, with its county seat at Madison. It is located on the Ohio river and much of its land area of 232,960 acres is too hroken to admit of profitable cultivation. Its assessed valnation in 1914 was $9,017,850. It has S6 schools. 146 teachers and 3,899 pupils. The county has seven banks. The county offers an interesting study in the growth of its popu- lation. In 1860 it had a population of 25,036, increasing to 29,741 by the end of the next decade, and since then has shown a gradual decrease, the 1910 census showing a population of only 20,483.
Madison, the county seat, has shared with the county, the gradual decrease in its population. It lost more than 2,000 in population between 1890 and 1910, the census of the latter year returning a population of 6,934. It is located on the Ohio river and at the terminus of a branch of the P., C., C. & St. L., connecting the city with Indianapolis. The first railroad in the state was built ont of Madi- son toward Indianapolis, the line being completed to the capital in the fall of 1847. The city has four banks, six newspapers, public library, electric lights, water works, paved streets and a sewage system. Its manufactured products include harness, vehicles, brick, pearl buttons, candy, cigars, boats, flour, engines, boilers, saddletrees, furniture, yarn, cordage, straw paper and timber products.
There are two other incorporated towns in the county, Hanover and Brooksburg. Hanover, located about five miles down the Ohio river from Madison. is the seat of Hanover College, a Presbyterian institution, which was established in 1828, Other villages in the county include Dupont, Big Creek, Wise, Hicks, China, McGregor, Manville, West Madison. Foltz, Belleview. Canaan, Kent. Graham, Swansville, Chel- sea, Saluda, Levi, Harrell. Marblehill and Brooksburg.
The Legislative act of February 21, 1905, established the Southeastern Hos- pital for the Insane at North Madison on a tract of 363 acres. It was formally opened by a proclamation by Governor Marshall on August 2, 1910, and the first patients were received on the 23rd of the same month.
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Switzerland county, so named because most of the first settlers came from Switzerland, was organized September 7, 1814, with its county seat at Vevay. The county is situated in the extreme southeastern corner of the state on the Ohio river, and practically all of its 142,080 acres is too broken to allow profitable farming. The tilled portions of the county are found in the valleys and along the Ohio river. No railroad has ever reached the county, its communication with the outside world being by means of the river. Its assessed valuation in 1914 was $3,376,000. It has 76 schools, 96 teachers and 2,037 pupils. There are five banks in the county. It is one of two couuties in the state whose population was greater in 1840 than it was iu 1910; in 1840 it was 9,920 and in 1910 it was 9,914. It reached 12,932 in 1850 and had its greatest population in 1880, when it had 13,336 inhabitants.
Vevay, the county seat, had a population of 1,256 in 1910, dropping from 1,663 iu 1890. It is on the Ohio river and the river furnishes its only means of communication with the outside world. It has two banks, two newspapers and four churches. There is a flour mill, saw mill, creamery and furniture factory.
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Clark county was the second to be organized in the state of Indiana, being organized by a proclamation of Governor William Henry Harrison ou February 3, 1801, the county seat at the same time being established at Springville. At the time of its organization it included a much more extensive territory than the couuty now has, its present land area ' being only 240,000 acres. The surface of the county is very broken by the bluffs rising along the banks of the Ohio river, and as a result there is much of the county which is not suitable for farming purposes. In 1903 the state purchased 2,000 acres of land near Henryville to establish a forestry reservatiou. The object of this experimental tract is to de- termine whether several hundred thousand acres of broken land iu the southern part of the state cannot be made profitable forested tracts. The assessed valua- tion of the county iu 1914 was $14,307,715. It has 104 schools, 188 teachers and 5,376 pupils. There are niue banks in the county. The population of the county in 1910 was 30,260, the greatest population being returned in 1900, when it was 31,835. In 1860 the population was $20,502.
The county seat was moved from Springville to Jeffersonville as the result of a proclamation of Governor Harrison on June 9, 1802, but the territorial legisla- ture, by the act of December 14, 1810, changed it to Charlestown. It remained there until September 23, 1873, when it was located at Jeffersonville, where it has since remained. Jeffersonville, situated on the Ohio river, had a population of 10,402 in 1910, which is about 200 less than it had in 1890. The city has two railroads, the Pennsylvania and the B. & O. S. W. It has a street car system and is connected with an electric line to Louisville, Kentucky, which is just across the Ohio river. There are two banks, two daily and two weekly newspapers, electric light and water works plants, railroad shops, foundries, shipyards, machine shops and several other manufacturing industries. The Indiana Reformatory. located in the city, was opened November 1, 1822. A government depot is maintained here. Schools and churches are in an excellent condition.
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