|
|
Posey County, Indiana
Genealogy
and History
|
|
|
Welcome to
Posey County
Indiana
Genealogy Trails
Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy
Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by
transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all
researchers.
This County Website
is available for hosting. If you have a love for history, a desire to help others, and basic
web-authoring skills, consider joining us!
Get the details on our Volunteer
Page.
[A desire to transcribe data and knowledge
of how to make a basic webpage is required.]
We regret that we are
unable to
perform personal research
for anybody.
All data we come across will be added to this site, so please keep checking back!
|
Posey County, Indiana
This county, formed September 1814 from parts of Gibson and Warrick counties, was named in honor of General Thomas Posey,
who was appointed governor of the Indiana Territory to succeed General Harrison.
Posey county is located in the southwest corner of the State of Indiana where the Ohio and Wabash rivers meet.
Its southern border is formed by the Ohio River, and its western border by the Wabash River.
The county was first settled by people from the Upper South, many of whom arrived via the Ohio River. Farming was the primary development in its early history.
Posey County is now (in 2022) the seventh-largest internal port in the United States, based on the tons of materials handled. Grain from the Midwest is among the products shipped.
Mount Vernon was designated as the county seat in 1825.
Its port on the Ohio River continues to be integral to the economy of the state and county.
New Harmony, located on the Wabash River, is also a flourishing town of Posey County.
It is a historic town noted for the literary taste of its citizens, and for its education and refinement.
Other towns are Cynthiana, Griffin and Poseyville.
Cities and Towns
Cynthiana - town
Griffin - town
Mount Vernon - city/county seat
New Harmony - town
Poseyville - town
Unincorporated Places
Barrett ~ Blairsville ~ Bufkin ~ Caborn ~ Dead Mans Crossing ~ Erwin ~ Farmersville ~ Grafton ~ Hepburn ~
Heusler ~ Hovey ~ Lippe ~ Marrs Center ~ New Baltimore ~ Oak Grove ~ Oliver ~
Parkers Settlement (CDP) ~ Philip Station ~ Prairie ~ Rapture ~ Saint Philip ~ Saint Wendel ~
Savah ~ Solitude ~ Springfield ~ Stewartsville ~ Upton ~ Wadesville ~ Welborn Switch ~ West Franklin
|
|
SEARCH
OUR SITES
Submit an
Obituary to GT
for any of our GTcounty sites.
Email Us
Don't
miss an Update!
Join our Genealogy Trails Midwest States Mailing
List
to get email notices whenour county sites are updated.
For the
States of :
Nebraska,
Iowa, Indiana,
Missouri, Ohio,
Illinois and Kansas
You never know who you
might meet and what family data they may share with you
-- it could start a whole new branch
of the family!
We also use the mailing lists to announce our website updates.
Many thanks to our former host
J. Mike Kell
for all his hard work on this site.
|
|
|
|
