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Delaware County, Indiana
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Delaware
County
Historical
Society
120 E. Washington St.
Muncie, IN 47305-1734 |
Muncie
Public
Library
210 S. Jefferson St.
Muncie, IN 47305-2816 |
Family
History
Center
4800 W. Robinwood Dr.
Muncie, IN |
Land
Delaware County Recorder
100 W. Main St., Room 209
Muncie, IN 47305 |
Marriages
Delaware County Clerk
100 W. Main St.
Muncie, IN 47305 |
Birth
&
Death
Delaware County Health Department
100 W. Main St, Room 207
Muncie, IN 47305 |
DELAWARE COUNTY HISTORY
(Transcribed from The History Of The
State Of Indiana published 1876)
The county was given its
present name on account of its the home of a large tribe of the
Delawares. The surface is quite level, with but slight undulations.
Small, wet prairies abound in the county to
one-twelfth of the extent of the surface; but these, besides affording
good pasturage, are tillable with the slight expense of drainage.
Timber was formerly very plenty in this county, and of the best
quality. Almost every foot of land is adapted to farming.
White River in the centre, Mississinewa in the north,
Buck creek, and their numerous tributaries, supply the county
abundantly with water power.
It was in this county where the Prophet, brother of
Tecumseli, resided, and there, until it fell by decay, stood the post
at which he caused his enemies, whites and Indians, to be
tortured. David Conner, an Indian trader, was the first white man to
settle in the county; others soon followed, and all have become
independent and wealthy.
Muncie is the county seat. It is a city of about four
thousand five hundred inhabitants, an enterprising commercial and
manufacturing centre. It is located on the 0., C., C. & I.
and Fort Wayne, Muncie & Cincinnati railroads. Having all the
advantages of a rich agricultural section around it, and being in
direct communication with all the great cities of the northwest
by railroad, it will undoubtedly continue to prosper, and will
ultimately attain to considerable importance.
It has excellent schools. Indeed, the schools in the
whole county are well conducted.
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