Welcome to Genealogy Trail's Website for
Posey County, Indiana. My name is Terry
Winchester, and it's my pleasure to host this
site for you. It is my desire to offer you
some free data which, hopefully, will assist
you in your Family History Research. I also
hope that you will find this site informative
as to the history of Posey County. If you
should ever have any questions or comments
regarding this site, or have any materials
which you would like to see here, please feel
free to email me. So, off we go, and it's my
sincere hope that you will enjoy your
research.
This county was named in honor of General
Thomas Posey, who was appointed governor of
the Indian Territory to succeed General
Harrison. The surface of the county on the
Ohio and Wabash, with the exception of the
bluffs, commencing at Mount Vernon and
extending four miles below, is flat bottom
land, and was formerly subject to yearly
overflows, varying from a half to two miles
in width. But by the use of dams this land
has been improved. The interior of the county
is undulating or rolling, and some parts are
comparatively hilly, but, upon the whole, lie
remarkably well for agricultural purposes.
The only prairie in the county is about three
miles in length and one in width; and there
are, properly speaking, no barrens, Though
the soil is thin in places; and near the
junction of the rivers there are so many
ponds and so much low ground that it cannot
be improved with much profit. The bottom
lands comprise about a sixth, and the forest
lands three fifths of the whole. The soil in
the bottom is a rich, sandy loam, formed from
the deposit of the rivers; that in the
interior is mostly a dark, rich loam, resting
upon a yellow clay formation. It is best
adapted to corn and grass, though fine crops
of wheat and oats are raised annually with
very good profit in various portions of the
county.
Mount Vernon is the county seat, located
onthe Ohio river. It is a city of nearly five
thousand inhabitants, with excellent public
improvement, fine literary and educational
institutions and increasing commercial
interest. New Harmony is also a flourishing
town of Posey County. It is noted for the
literary taste of its citizens, and for its
education and refinement.
Online Data
Dungeon
Treasurers off-site
(Estate & Probate Records Index
online)
Where you can find information in Posey
County
Posey County Historical Society
P.O. Box 171
Mt. Vernon, IN 47620
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Alexandrian Public Library
115 W. 5th St.
Mt. Vernon, IN 47620
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Poseyville Carnegie Public Library
P.O. Box 220
55 S. Cale St.
Poseyville, IN 47633
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Birth & Death Records
Posey County Health Department
126 E. 3rd St., Room 20
Mt. Vernon, IN 47620-1811
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Land Records
Posey County Recorder
300 Main St., Room 9
Mt. Vernon, IN 47620
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Marriage Records
Posey County Clerk
P.O. Box 606
Mt. Vernon, IN 47620
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Contact:
Terry Winchester
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