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INDIANA	GENEALOGY	TRAILS
WASHINGTON COUNTY	INDIANA	HOMEPAGE

WELCOME!

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I am Desiree Burrell Rodcay, your host for Washington County.
I am dedicated to helping to make information available, FREE, for researchers.
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Here's where you can find information for Washington County:
Here is a little History for Washington County Indiana

Washington County was organized December 21, 1813, by an act of the Legislature, which became
effective on January 17, 1814.  Washington County was created out of Clark and Harrison Counties.  Orange
and Jackson counties were taken from it in 1815, and Scott was carved out in 1820, reducing
Washington County to it's present boundaries.  Salem is the County Seat.
The soil is fully diversified.  The range of hills called the knobs, described in the sketch of the adjoining counties,
passes along the east line of Washington County, separating it from Clark and Scott counties. 
In the south are extensive barrens, parts of which are thickly matted with brush and grubs.  Other parts
have wild grass, and other parts are curiously diversified with sink-holes, varying in shape and size,
but all showing cavernous nature of Earth underneath. 
In other parts of the county are swelling ridges, ever changing their features as you advance along them.
This presents beautiful groves of walnut, sugar tree and chestnut.

Population of Washington County Indiana
In the early years:

1810	250
1820	9,039
1830	13,064
1840	15,269
1850	17,040
1860	17,909
1870	18,495
1880	18,955

Cities and Towns found in Washington County are:
Campbellsburg | Fredericksburg | Hardinsburg | Little York | Livonia | New Pekin | Salem | Saltillo

Unincorporated Communities include:
Beck's Mill | Blue River | Bunker Hill | Canton | Claysville | Daisy Hill | Fairview | Farabee 
Haleysbury | Highland | Hitchcock | Kossuth | Martinsburg | McKinley | Millport | Mount Carmel
New Philadelphia | New Salem | Organ Springs | Pekin | Plattsburg | Prowsville |
 Pumpkin Center | Rosebud | Rush Creek | Valley | Smedley | South Boston

Washington County is divided into the following 13 Townships:
Brown | Franklin | Gibson | Howard | Jackson | Jefferson | Madison | Monroe
Pierce | Polk | Posey | Vernon | Washington

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Neighboring counties are:
Crawford, Orange, Jackson, Scott, Clark, Floyd, and Harrison.

Neighboring States are:
Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Michigan, and Ohio.

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I do not have records or access to records that would enable me to supply you with information about your ancestors.
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