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This county lies in the southwestern corner of
the State. It is an irregular shaped county, and contains 300
square miles, or 192,000 acres. It was organized in 1817, and was
named in honor of General Z. M. Pike, who fell at the capture of
York, April twenty seventh, 1813. The surface of the county is
either level or rolling. In the western part of the county the
soil is a rich, dark loam, with a mixture of sand, which renders
it very friable. The bottom lands of the White river, which forms
the northern boundary of the county, and the Patoka, which flows
through the center, and which form about one sixth part of the
county, are very rich and productive; probably no larger crops of
corn are raised in any part of the West. Walnut, hickory, poplar,
cottonwood, ash, pecan and elm, are the prevailing timber. The
land in the eastern part of the county is more sandy, and the
timber consists mainly of oak, hickory, gum, sassafras, and
dogwood.
Petersburgh, situated in the north part of the county, in
Washington township, is the county seat. It is a town of 1,200
people, and possesses all the facilities usual for towns of this
size. Pike county possesses no railroad facilities as yet, but
the Wabash and Erie canal passes through the north western
portion.
The numerous statistical tables in another part of this volume
will be found to give additional information in regard to the
counties, such as population, area, wealth and taxation,
manufactures, agricultural products, value of farms and farming
implements, schools and value of school property, churches,
etc.
[Source: An Illustrated History of the State of
Indiana: Being a Full and Authentic Civil and Political History
of the State from Its First Exploration Down to 1875 : Including
an Account of the Commercial, Agricultural and Educational Growth
of Indiana : with Historical and Descriptive Sketches of the ...
By De Witt Clinton Goodrich, Charles Richard Tuttle Published by
R.S. Peale & Co., 1875]
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