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 6
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Cass county was organized December 18, 1828, and was named in honor of Lewis Cass, the emineut Michigan statesman of that time. The county contains 266,240 acres of land and very little of it is not tillable. The Wabash river runs drainage. Eel river joins the Wabash in the city of Logansport, flowing in from through the center of the county from east to west and affords excellent the northeast. The assessed valuation of the county in 1914 was $26,979,295. There are 106 schools, 234 teachers and 6,703 pupils. The county supports 13 banks. Its population in 1910 was 36,368, being one of the few connties in the state which has shown an increase with each decade since 1860 when its population was only 16,843.
Logansport, the county seat, has a population of 20,000, a growth of 7,000 since 1890. The railroads reaching the city are the Wabash, Vandalia and Pennsylvania lines; the electric roads of the city are the Union Traction, running to Indianapolis, and the Ft. W. & W. V .. connecting Ft. Wayne and Lafayette. Well equipped electric light, water and sewage systems are in operation, while the city has paved streets, fire and police departments, and good public buildings of various kinds. There are five banks, five newspapers, four hospitals, public library and churches of the leading denominations. The city is an important mannfacturing center, its chief products being baskets, carriages, barrels, rugs, overalls, radiators, water wheels, electric car trucks, roof paint, antomobiles, cigars, castings, furniture, harness, furnaces and robes.
The other towns in the county include Royal Center, Curveton, Lucerne, Metea, Adamsboro, Twelve Mile, Waverly, Galveston, Young America, Onward, Walton, Hoover, Anoka, Clymers and Lincoln.
The legislative act of March 7, 1883, provided for the establishment of au iusane hospital at Logansport. The institution, located one mile west of the city, covers 280 acres and was opened July 1, 1888.
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Miami couuty, uamed in houor of an Indian tribe, was organized January 2, 1834, with its first county seat at Miamisport, uow a part of the city of Peru, the present county seat. The county is draiued by the Wabash aud Eel rivers, and practically all of its 243,840 acres is capable of cultivation. The assessed valuatiou of the county in 1914 was $17,851,410. It has 108 schools, 204 teachers and 5,706 pupils. The county has 13 banks. The county had a population of 16,851 iu 1860 and has showu a steady growth each decade since that year, the 1910 census giving it 29,350 inhabitants. It is iu the uatural gas and oil region of the state and these two uatural resources have been no small factor iu the growth of the county.
Peru, the county seat, is located on the Wabash river and the L. E. & W., Wabash, and C., C. & I. railroads; it is also reached by three electric lines, the Winona, Union Traction and Ft. W.#' V: lines. The city has four hanks, four newspapers, nine school buildings, public library, railroad Y. M. C. A. and all the improvements of the modern city. Its manufactured products include pianos, refrigerators, kitchen cabinets, furniture, gas engines, telephone hooths, automobile trucks, automobiles and auto parts, muslin underwear, hoxes, haskets, chairs, cigars and ice.
The other incorporated towns of the county are Converse, Bunker Hill, Amboy, South Peru, Macy and Ridgeview. Converse is the only one of these towns with a population in excess of one thousand. It has ahout 1,200 inhabitants, one bank, weekly newspaper, electric lights aud water works.
The unincorporated villages include Chili, Pettyville, Miami, Denver, Mexico, Deedsville, Wagouer, Gilead, Loree, North Grove, Santa Fe and .McGrawsville:
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Wabash county, so named because the river of the same name runs through the county, was organized January 22, 1835, with its county seat at Wabash. The soil is very productive and there is very little of its land area of 272,000 acres which cannot be cultivated. The assessed valuation of the county in 1914 was $21,661,865. It has 91 schools, 222 teachers and 5,823 pupils. There are 13 banks in the county. Its population in 1860 was 17,547 and it gradually increased until 1900, when it showed a population of 28,235. The census of 1910 returned a population of only 26,926.
Wahash, the county seat, a city of 9,500, Is on the Wahash and C., C., C. & St. L. railroads, and on the electric line running, hetween Ft. Wayne and. Peru. It has four banks, two daily papers, six school huildings, public library and 12 churches. Its industries include the following: Cabinet factory, machine works, creamery, monument works, bottling works, radiator factory, cider mill, hasket works, shoe factory, saw mills, tile and hrick factory, hardware specialties, paper mill, button factory, haking powder factory, canning factory, tool and die factory, tahle slide factory and cigar factory.
The other incorporated towns in the county are Roann, Lagro, La Fontaine and North Manchester. North Manchester, the second largest town in the connty, with a population of 2,500, is the seat of a college with an annual enrollment of several hundred students. The town has three hanks, two newspapers, three school buildings, six churches and all the improvements of a modern city. Its manufacturing establishments include a show case factory, school furniture fac- tory, creamery, wood working factory, foundry, flouring mills and saw mills.
The unincorporated villages include Somerset, Pioneer, New Holland, Lincoln- ville. Speichers, Urhana, Servia, Bolivar, Laketon, Newton, Rosehill, Liberty Mills, Hartman, Richvalley, Redbridge and Treaty.
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Huntington county, named in honor of Samuel Huntington, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, was organized February 1, 1834, with its county seat at Huntingtou. Its 247,040 acres drain into the Wabash river directly or through its tributaries. The county had an assessed valuation of $22,685,710 in 1914. It has 112 schools, 213 teachers and 6.150 pupils. There are 11 bauks in the county. Its population of 28,982 in 1910 showed a slight increase over the 1900 census, the connty having showu an increase at each decade since 1860, when it had a population of 14,867.
Huntington, the connty seat, is on the Wabash, Erie and the C. B. & C. rail- roads, and is also on the traction liue running from Ft. Wayne to Lafayette. The city had a population of 10,272 in 1910 and an estimated population of 15,000 in 1916. It has five banks, two daily, one weekly and several religious papers, ten churches, fine public aud parochial schools, business college, public library, aud all the improvements of the modern city. Its manufactured products include shoes, gloves and mittens, brick, tile and paving brick, rubber goods, clocks, hoist- ing craues, cigars, furnace and coal shutes, furnaces, beer, needles, playing cards, cedar chests, píanos, lime, cement blocks, toys and novelties.
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Wells county, named in honor of Capt. William H. Wells, who gave the settlers of Vincennes the first informatiou of the pending battle of Tippecanoe, was organized February 2, 1837, with its county seat at Bluffton. The county is in the region where gas aud oil have beeu fouud and these two natural re- sources have had uo small part iu the prosperity of the county. Its land area of 233,600 acres is practically all tillable laud, although some of it has had to be drained before it could be brought under cultivation. The assessed valuation of the county in 1914 was $17,923,295. It has 98 schools, 162 teachers and 4,893 pupils. There are 11 bauks in the county. The population of the county in 1860 was 10,844, and it gradually increased until it reached 23,449 in 1900, dropping off to 22,418 iu 1910.
Bluffton, the county seat, a city of 5,000, is located on the L. E. & W., T., St. L. & W. and C. B. & C., railroads; it is also on the interurban lines running be- tween Muncie and Ft. Wayne, Bluffton and Frankfort, and Bluffton and Geneva. The city has three banks, two newspapers, five churches, excellent school build- ings, and all the improvements of the modern city. Its manufactured products include staves, handles, upholstery, foundry products, bank and office furniture, windmills, gloves, cement blocks, chandeliers, auto jacks, flour and cigars.
The other incorporated towns in the county are Keystoue, Markle, Vera Cruz, Ossian, Poneto and Uniondale, none of which has a population reaching 1,000. Part of the towu of Markle lies in Huntington county. The unincorporated villages include Kingsland, Liberty Ceuter, Mt. Zion, Reiffsburg, Kreps, Phenix, Derrick. Petroleum, Ruth, Jeff, Monatts, Dillman, Nottingham, Tocsin, Craigville, Domestic, Echo, Bly, Barbers Mill and Zanesville.
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Adams couuty was organized January 30, 1836, and uamed in honor of John Quincy Adams. The county seat is Decatur, the site beiug donated to the county by Samuel Johnsou. In 1850 an attempt was made to secure a relocation of the county seat, but Monroe, the leading contender for the honor, failed to obtain it by a vote of 343 to 474., The total area of the county is 215,680 acres, and prac- tically all of the county is susceptible of cultivation. The principal water courses are the Wabash and St. Mary's rivers. The soil is a mixed clay and marl and drainage has made the county one of the best farming sections of the state. The county has 95 schools, employs 149 teachers aud enrolls 4,958 pupils. There are a total of eight bauks in the county. The assessed valuation iu 1914 was $16,537,095. Telegraph, telephone and rural mail service are to be found throughout the county.
Decatur, the county seat, situated in the north central part of the county on the G. R. & I., .C. & E. aud T., St. L. & W. railroads, and on the Ft. Wayne & Southern electric lines, is twenty-oue miles south of Ft. Wayne. It has three banks, two newspapers, public schools, two parochial schools and churches repre- senting the leading religious denominations. The manufacturing industries of the city include tile, fence, gloves, handles, harness, heading, etc. The electric light- ing system and the waterworks are owned by the city. It also has au excellent sewage system and several miles of paved streets. Decatur had a population of 4,171 iu 1910.
The other towus of the county are Berne, Geneva, Monroe, Monmouth, Peter- son. Preble, Magley, Bobo and Bingen, all of which are located on one of the three railroads running through the county. The villages of Hines, Pleasant Mills, Steele, Linn Grove and White Oak are not on any of the railroads.
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Jay county, named in honor of John Jay, was organized February 6, 1836, with its couuty seat at Portland. Practically all of its 240,000 acres have been brought uuder cultivation. The land is slightly rolling, but very little of it is so broken that it is unfit for tillage. The assessed valuation of the county in 1914 was $17,104.655. There are 107 schools, 177 teachers and 5,488 pupils. The county has nine banks. Jay county had a population of 11.399 in 1860 and steadily grew until 1900 when it reached its maximum with 26,818. The census of 1910 showed"a' marked decrease. the returns indicating a population of only 24,961.
Portland, the county seat, with a population of 5,200, the largest town in the county, is located on the G. R. & I., L. E. & W. and C. B. & C. railroads and the Muncie & Portland traction line. It is thirty-two miles northeast of Muncie and forty-five miles north of Richmoud. It has five banks, three newspapers, four school buildings and six churches. It is supplied with electric light, water works and paved streets. Among its manufactured products are ball bats, cement tile . and blocks, stave silos, egg cases, carriages, shirts and cigars.
The incorporated towns are Dunkirk, Redkey, Pennville, Bryant and Sala- monia. Other villages of the county are Boundary, Jordan, Bluff Point, Collett, New Mount Pleasant, Powers, Como. Blaine, Liber, Hector, Brice, Rider Town, Cork Well, Ample, Westchester, Diek, Jay, Poling, Mill's Corner, Wall, Welch, Fiat, Balbec. New Corydon and Walnut Corner. In the little village of Liber there was formerly a college which had a state-wide reputation, but it has long siuce beeu discontinued.
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Blackford county was organized February 19, 1839, and named in honor of Isaac Blackford, at that time a member of the supreme court of the state. The county is one of the smallest in the state and has only 107,520 acres of land area, but there is probably uo other county in the state that contains as large a propor- tion of tillable land. Most of the county is level, and originally a large part of it was of a swampy character, but drainage has brought practically all of it under cultivation. The assessed valuation in 1914 was $10,370,430. The county has 51 schools, 97 teachers and 3,211 pupils in its public schools. The banks of the county number five. The population of the county in 1910 was 15,280.
Hartford City, the county seat, has an estimated population of 7,000. It is situated near the center of the county, at the junction of the Pennsylvania and L. E. & W. railroads. It is also on the interurban line ruuning between Muncie and Ft. Wayne. The rapid growth of the city dates from the discovery of natural gas in the county in the latter part of the eighties. It now has two newspapers and three banks, five public school buildings and eight churches, and several indus- trial establishments. The principal manufactured products are glass, paper and flour. The city has electric light, gas and water works systems, several miles of paved streets and a newly installed sewage system.
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