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 9
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Hamilton county, named in honor of Alexander Hamilton, was organized Jan- uary 8, 1823. with the county seat at Noblesville. White river runs through the county and affords natural drainage for the entire connty. Its land area is 255,360 acres and practically all of it is susceptible of tillage. The assessed valuation of the connty in 1914 was $20,895,660. There are 84 schools, 199 teachers and 5,536 pupils. The population in 1910 was 27,026, decrease of over 2,000 from 1900. The population in 1860 was 17,310.
Noblesville, the county seat. with its population of 5,073, is by far the largest town in the county. It is located at the junction of the C. & I. and L. E. & W. railroads and is on the electric line running from Indianapolis to Peru. It has three banks, two trust companies, two newspapers, five churches, excellent schools, electric, waterworks and sewage systems and paved streets. The chief industries are the manufacture of flour, bath tubs, furniture, paper, carbon supplies, buggies and wagons.
The other towns in the county include Cicero. Arcadia, Atlanta, Sheridan, Carmel, Westfield. Durbin, Clarksville, Fisher's Switch, Strawtown, Boxleytown, Deming, Hortonville, Eagletown and Julietville. Cicero, Arcadia, Atlanta and Sheri- dan are flourishing towns of about a thonsand and important trading centers for their respective communities. There were a number of glass factories in the county as long as there was a sufficient amount of natural gas, but with the disappearance of gas they were discontinned.
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Boone county, named in houor of Ratliff Boone, was organized February 10, 1831. It has a land area of 273,280 acres and there are very few acres which are not tillable. The assessed valuation of the county in 1914 was $25,332,500. It has 121 schools. 189 teachers and 5,186 pupils. There are 10 banks iu the county. Its population in 1910 was 24.673 and it is to be noted that this was less than the county had in 1890, when the census gave it 25,922.
Lebanon, the county seat, with a population in 1910 of 5,474, is located iu the center of the county. Its transportation facilities are furnished by the Pennsylvania, Big Four and C. & E. I. railroads and the T. H., I. & E. and Thorntown-Lebanon interurban lines. The city has four banks, four school buildings, three newspapers and four churches. The city owns its own water works system and electric light plant, has several miles of paved streets and a complete system of sewage. Cream separators and furniture constitutes the main manufactured products of the city.
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Montgomery county, named in honor of Gen. Richard Montgomery, was or- ganized December 21, 1822, with its county seat at Crawfordsville. It lies in the section of the state which coutains excellent farming laud, and very little of Its 320,640 acres is not suitable for agriculture. Its assessed valnation in 1914 was $27.976,405. It has 68 schools, 240 teachers and 6,353 pupils. There are 22 banks. The county has a population of 20,888 in 1860 and gradually increased nutil 1900 when it had a population of 29,388. During the next ten years there was a slight decrease, the 1910 census returning 29,296 inhabitants.
Crawfordsville, the county seat, city of 11,500, is on the C., C., C. & St. L., Vandalia and C., 1. & L. railroads. It is also connected with Indianapolis and Lebanon by electric liues. The city has for banks, two trust companies, two newspapers, and all the improvements of the modern city. It is the seat of Wa- bash College, a Presbyterian institution, which has a deservedly high reputation for its instruction. The mannfactured products of the city include caskets, wire nails, wire, wire-bonnd shipping boxes, matches, roofing, furniture, fencing, bnild- ing and paving brick and cigars. The city is also noted as the home of Gen. Lew Wallace and Maurice Thompson, two of Iudiana's most famous authors, both of whom were born in Franklin county.
The incorporated towns are Waynetown, New Ross, New Market, New Rich- moud, Ladoga, Wingate, Linden, Alamo, Darlington and Waveland. Of these towns Ladoga is the only one with a population of more than one thousand. It Is located at the junction of the Monon and C. I. railroads, has one bank, a news- paper, electric lights, water works and a number of small industries.
The unincorporated villages in the county are Kirkpatrick, Wesley, Bowers, Garfield, Whitesville, Browns Valley, Mace, Parkersburg, Linnsburg, Yountsville. Shaunonsdale, Bluff Mills and Fruits.
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Fountain county, uamed iu houor of Major Fountain, who was killed in the battle on the Maumee, near Ft. Wayue, in 1790, was organized December 31, 1825, with the county seat at Covington. It is bounded on the west and north by the Wabash river and lies in that part of the state which includes the best farming land in the state. Consequently, very little of its 252,800 acres is unfit for cultiva- tion. At one time coal was mined in the county in considerable quantities, but of late years the industry has not been a profitable one. The assessed valuation of the county in 1914 was $15,285,235. It has 58 schools, 157 teachers and 4,446 pupils. The county has 14 banks. Iu 1910 its population was returned at 20,349, a de- crease of about 1,000 from the census of 1900. In 1860 the county had a population of 15,566.
Covington, the county seat, located on the Wabash river and the Wabash and C., C., C. & St. L. railroads, has a population of about 2,250. It was a flourishing trading point iu the days when the Wabash and Erie canal was in operation, and has maintained an important shipping trade owing to the fact that it is in the midst of a rich farming community. It has two banks, two newspapers, two school buildings, five churches, two canning factories, and electric and water works systems.
Attica, the largest town in the county, had a population of 3,500. It is located on the Wabash river, the Wabash, C. & E. I. and A. C. & S. R. railroads. It has two banks, three newspapers, three theaters, electric lights, water works, paved streets and a number of important manufacturing industries.
Veedersburg, another important town iu the county, has a population of 2,350. It is reached by the C. & E. I., T., St. L. & W. and C., C., C. & St. L. railroads. It has two banks, one newspaper, five churches, flour mill, two brick factories, saw and planing mills, machine shop and grain elevator. The city has electric and water works plants and paved streets.
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Vermilion county was organized January 2, 1824, with its county seat at Newport. The name of the county was applied because of the red earth or "keel,"found along the banks of the Big and Little Vermilion rivers. The county lies between the Wabash river aud the Illinois state line, and contains 162,560 acres of excellent farming land. The assessed valuation of the county in 1914 was $14,781,500. It has 61 schools, 160 teachers and 5,306 pupils. There are 11 banks in the county. The population in 1860 was 9,420, and it has shown a steady increase each decade since that year, the 1910 census returning a popula- tion of 18,865.
Newport, the county seat, a town of 800, is located on the Wabash river and is reached by the C. & E. I. railroad. It has two bauks, one newspaper and a few small industries.
The other incorporated towns iu the county are Clinton, Cayuga, Dana and Fairview Park, the first three being larger thau the county seat. Clinton, a city of approximately 11,000, has made a phenomenal growth since 1910, at which time it was credited with ouly 6,229 inhabitants. It is on the C. & E. I. railroad and connected with Terre Haute by an electric line. It is 14 miles south of Newport and 15 miles north of Terre Haute. It has two banks, three newspapers, five churches, water works, electric lights, sewage system and paved streets. Coal mining is the chief industry of the city and immediate vicinity. There is also a paving brick factory which is one of the largest in the country. In addition to these industries there is a canning factory, overall factory, flouring mill, saw mill, artificial ice plant and a number of smaller industries.
The unincorporated villages in the county include Rileysburg, Gessie, Perrys- ville, Worthy, Hillsdale, Cloxville, St. Bernice, Dickason, Eugene, Opedee, Quaker, Mt. Silica, Randall, Summit Grove, Voorhees, Blanford and Toronto.
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Parke county, named after Benjamin Parke, a hero of the battle of Tippe- canoe and the first federal judge of Indiana, was organized January 9, 1821, with its county seat at Rockville. The county lies in the central western part of the state, with the Wabash river as its western boundary. It is excellent farming land and few of its 286,080 acres are uusuitable for tillage. The assessed valua- tiou of the county in 1914 was $14,446,720. It has 104 schools, 167 teachers and 4.850 pupils. There are eight banks in the county. The population in 1860 was 15,538 aud the county showed a steady growth up to 1900, when it had a popu- latiou of 23,000. The 1910 census indicated a decrease, the return showing only 22,214 inhabitauts.
Rockville, the county seat, with a population of 2,250, is located on the Vau- dalia railroad, twenty-seveu miles uortheast of Terre Haute. It has two banks, three newspapers, four school buildings and six churches. The city has water works, electric lights and a sewage system. The main industrial establishments are two extensive lumber mills, both of which do a large business, and a flouring mill. Rockville is known as the home of Mrs. Juliet V. Strauss, the famed "Coun- try Contributor".
The other incorporated towns in the county are Montezuma, Rosedale, Bloom- iugdale, Diamond, Marshall, and Judson. The first named is the only one with a population of more than a thousand. Bloomingdale is the seat of a noted Quaker academy, which has been in operation since the early history of the county.
The uuincorporated villages of the county include Mecca, Coxville, Superior, Bridgetown, Uncas, Mansfield. Jessup, Byron, Tangier, Annapolis, Leatherwood, Melcher, Armiesburg, Bethany, Milligan, Guion, Parkeville, Sylvania, Nyesville, Union, Catlin and Ferndale.
Turkey Run, a beautiful wooded tract iu the northern part of the county, at- tracts thousands of visitors each year. On November 11, 1916, the State acquired the tract of 1,400 acres for the sum of $40,200. Several views of the tract are giveu in the 1915 report of the State Board of Forestry.
The Indiana Tuberculosis Asylum is located four miles east of Rockville on a tract of 504 acres. It was opened April 1, 1911, aud is one of the best equipped asylums of its kind iu the United States.
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Putnam county, uamed iu honor of Israel Putuam, of Revolutionary War fame, was organized December 31, 1821, with its county seat at Greencastle. The county is located midway between Indianapolis and the Illinois state line, aud includes some fine farming land and also some very broken land. However, most of its 309,120 acres is suitable for farming, the best land being found in the north and east parts of the county. There is considerable stone quarried in the county. The assessed valuation in 1914 was $17,251,371. It has 98 schools, 180 teachers and 4,493 pupils. There are ten banks. The population of the county iu 1860 was 20,681, which was slightly more thau the county had in 1910, when it was returned with 20,520 inhabitants. The greatest population of the county was in 1880, when it had 23,501 inhabitants, each succeeding census having showu a decrease.
Greencastle, the county seat, a city of 4,500, is located on the Monon, Big Four and Vandalia railroads, and the T. H., I. & E. traction line. It is 39 miles west of Indianapolis and 33 miles east of Terre Haute. It has three bauks, two trust companies, two daily and three weekly newspapers, public library and ten churches. The city is the seat of DePauw University, a co-educational Methodist institution, with an annual enrollment of a thousand students. The chief iudus- tries include an ice cream factory, lightning rod factory, cabinet factory, two flouring mills, handle factory, saw mills and planing mills. Znamile
The other incorporated towns of the county are Roachdale, Cloverdale, Russellville and Bainbridge. The unincorporated villages include Putnamville, Fillmore, Delmar, Wheaton, Barnard, Raccoon, Hamrick, Reelsville, Oakland, Horntown, Belle Union, Limedale, Manhattan, Clifton Falls, Morton, Fincastle, Portland Mills, Groveland and Vivalia.
The 1913 Legislature made provision for a State Penal Farm and it was finally located in Putnam county near Putnamville. Here the state purchased 1,602 acres, and proceeded to erect suitable buildings for the housing of the prisoners. It was opened for the reception of prisoners on April 12, 1915, and- at the close of the first fiscal year 73 counties had sent a total of 1,174 prisoners to the farm, the greatest number present any one day being 606.
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Hendricks county, named iu honor of Gov. William Hendricks, was organized December 20, 1823, with Danville as its county seat. It joins Marion county on the west and is oue of the best farming counties in the state. Few of its 261,120 acres are unfit for cultivation, and having no manufacturing ceuters, its chief wealth lies in its farm products. Its assessed valuation in 1914 was $19,598,905. It has 71 schools, 152 teachers and 4,567 pupils. The county has 17 banks. Its proximity to Indianapolis has tended to keep down its population and as a result it does not have as many residents now as it had forty years ago. The census of 1870 gave it a population of 20,277, while in 1910 it had only 20,026. Its greatest population was in 1880 when it had 22,981.
Danville, the county seat and largest town in the county, is situated in the center of the county ou the Big Four railroad. It is also the western terminus of an electric line running between Indianapolis and Danville. It has two banks, two newspapers, electric light, water works and sewage plants, paved streets, good schools and churches and a fine public library. It is the seat of the Central Normal College, one of the best educational institutions in the state. During the past few years a fine court house has been erected, and several new business blocks have been built. The city has a publie park at the edge of town of which it may be justly proud.
The Vandalia railroad runs across the southern part of the county and six villages are located on it, viz., Plainfield, Cartersburg, Clayton, Pecksburg, Amo and Coatesville. Other towns and villages in the county are Hazelwood, North Salem, Montclair, Tilden, Pittsboro, Lizton, Brownsburg, Hadley and Avon.
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