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Gibson County, Indiana
Genealogy and History
This County Is Currently Available For
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Barton, Center, Columbia, Johnson, Montgomery,
Patoka, Union, Wabash, Washington, White River
This county was named
in honor of General John Gibson, secretary
of the territory from 1801 to 1816, and repeatedly acting governor in
the absence of Governor Harrison. The surface
of the county is pleasantly undulating. A considerable portion of the
soil is river bottoms on the Wabash, Patoka
and White rivers. The balance was originally heavily
timbered with walnut, beech, hickory, ash, oak, etc. The soil is
generally loam and sand, and very productive in
corn, wheat and oats.
Princeton is the county seat. It is a thriving town, containing between
two and three thousand inhabitants, located
on the Crawfordsville and Evansville railroad, affording communication
to the northern cities, and southern ports,
via Ohio and Mississippi railroad. It has excellent school facilities,
fine churches, and good public improvements.
The citizens are enterprising, and take a just pride in the growth of
their city.
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