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HISTORY
Orange County was formed
from parts of Knox, Gibson and
Washington Counties in 1816. The
County Seat is at Paoli, which may
have been name in rememberance of
the Paoli Massacre during the
Revolutionary War. The early
settlers were for the most part,
Quakers. A group of Quakers
from North Carolina, led by Jonathan
Lindley, came to the area in
1811. These Quakers built the
first religious structure called The
Lick Creek Meeting House in
1813. This group is
responsible for the name Orange
County.
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From: "A History Of
The State Of Indiana" by DeWitt
C. Goodrich and Charles
R. Tuttle 1876
This county was
named after a county of North
Carolina. in which many of the
early settlers had previously
resided. The south part of the
county is hilly, and abounds with
fine springs of water; the north
is undulating. About one-fifth of
the county is bottom land, with a
rich, fertile soil, and an equal
amount of openings; the balance is
uplands, and was originally
heavily timbered with oak,
hickory, poplar, ash, walnut,
cherry, sugar and beech, and the
soil well adapted to wheat. corn,
oats, etc.
There are many sinks in
the county. These, for the most
part, have limestone for a base,
where many of the streams and
springs fall into the earth, and
there find subterraneous passages,
until they unite with larger
streams or reappear with larger
and stronger currents. Paoli, the
county seat, is located in the
centre of the county. it is a
small town and is improving in
population and wealth rapidly,
with the country around it the
schools are improving.
The population in 1860
was 12,076 and in 1870 was 13,497
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