Some
History and Facts About Morgan County
Morgan County was established February
15, 1822. Martinsville is the county seat. Morgan County is divided
into 14 Civil Townships as follows: Adams, Ashland, Baker, Brown, Clay,
Green, Gregg, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Ray and
Washington. First settled in 1822 by Joshua Taylor, Judge Gray, Jacob
Cutler, G. W. Preston, Dr. Sims, and other, by 1849 it contained a
population of about 600. As of 2005 the population was 69,778.
Morgan County was named for Revolutionary War General Daniel Morgan.
Morgan county is located near the geographical centre of the State, and
contains about 291,800 acres of land, and. is watered by White river,
White Lick creek, Mud creek, Big Indian creek, Stott
s creek, Clear creek, Burnett's creek, and is the largest town in the
county. Mooresville is the next largest town, and has a population of
nearly sixteen hundred. The founder of this place, who is well known to
the people of the State, is still an active citizen. The county is well
supplied with good schools and churches. There have been great
improvements made in this direction during the last five years. The
public improvements of the county are in advance of some other counties.
This is a good agricultural county. It has 133,615 acres of improved
land, producing annually 330,000 bushels of wheat, 6,500 bushels of
rye, 1,190,000 bushels of Indian corn, 65,000 bushels of oats, from 200
to 1,500 bushels of barley, 50,000 bushels of potatoes, 229,355 pounds
of butter, about 10,000 tons of hay, and over 60,000 pounds of wool,
besides thousands of dollars worth of vegetables. The value of improved
land in the county is over $9,000,000. The raising of live stock is a
profitable pursuit in this county. The farmers are a thrifty class of
people, distinguishing themselves by their industry and their love for
public improvements.
