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Where you can find
information in Delaware County Indiana
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.
Delaware
County, Indiana needs a County Host
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