Genealogy Trails - Posey County

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, Thought he 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 on the 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.

Posey County Historical Society P.O. Box 171 Mt. Vernon, IN 47620	Alexandrian Public Library 115 W. 5th St. Mt. Vernon, IN 47620	Poseyville Carnegie Public Library P.O. Box 220 55 S. Cale St. Poseyville, IN 47633
Birth & Death Records Posey County Health Department 126 E. 3rd St., Room 20 Mt. Vernon, IN 47620-1811	Land Records Posey County Recorder 300 Main St., Room 9 Mt. Vernon, IN 47620	Marriage Records Posey County Clerk P.O. Box 606 Mt. Vernon, IN 47620

INDIANA TRAILS
HISTORY AND GENEALOGY

Posey County, Indiana

INDIANA TRAILS HISTORY AND GENEALOGY

Posey County, Indiana

INDIANA TRAILS
HISTORY AND GENEALOGY