Warren County, Indiana
Warren County was officially established in 1827 and was the 55th county to be formed in Indiana. In 2010, the county had a population of 8,508; it has four incorporated towns with a total population of about 3,100. Agriculture, manufacturing, government, education, and health care each provide substantial portions of the county’s jobs.
About Warren County, Indiana in brief
Warren County lies in western Indiana between the Illinois state line and the Wabash River in the United States. The county was officially established in 1827 and was the 55th county to be formed in Indiana. It is one of the most rural counties in the state, with the third-smallest population and the lowest population density at about 23 inhabitants per square mile. Much of the land in the county is given over to agriculture, especially on the open prairie in the northern and western parts. Agriculture, manufacturing, government, education, and health care each provide substantial portions of the county’s jobs. Four Indiana state roads cross the county, as do two U.S. Routes and one major railroad line. In 1838, about 60 Potawatomi Indians who had refused to leave Indiana were forced to move from Indiana to Kansas. Many of them died, and over 40 of them had children; two children were buried at the second Warren County campsite, like Perryville and Perrysville, like Zachariah Cicott, who traded up and down the river. When the county seat moved to Williamsport, a log house belonging to the town’s founder, William Harrison, served this purpose for several years. The first purpose-built courthouse was completed in 1835 at a cost of USD 2,000; in 1872, it was replaced with a new building that cost USD 48,000. The third courthouse was built in 1886, in a new section of town that grew around the newly constructed railroad.
That building burned in 1907, and the fourth and current Warren County courthouse was complete on the same site in 1908 at a Cost of USD 115,000, and it is still in use today. In 2010, the county had a population of 8,508; it has four incorporated towns with a total population of about 3,100, as well as many small unincorporated communities. In the centuries before the arrival of European settlers, the area that became Warren County was on the boundary between the Miami and Kickapoo tribes. By the late 18th-century, many Miami had moved further south; most of Indiana north of theWabash was then occupied by the Potaw atomi people. In 1775, Dr. Joseph Warren was killed in 1775 at the Battle of Bunker Hill, in which he fought as a private because his commission as a general had not yet taken effect. The short-lived town of Warrenton was the original Warren County seat, chosen by commissioners in March 1828. The next year an act was passed calling for the seat to be relocated, and in June 1829 it was moved toWilliamsport. In 2008, a group of about 8,000 people came to be known as the 8th Trail of Death, which led to what is now known as Williamsport. On September 14, 2008, the group came to the Williamsport camp and set up camp near Williamsport and on September 15 they camped near the southwestern part of the County.
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