Washington
County, Indiana
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Washington
County, Indiana
History for Washington County
Indiana
Washington County was organized December 21,
1813, by an act of the Legislature, which became
and
Jackson counties were taken from it in 1815, and
Scott was carved out in 1820, reducing Washington County to its present boundaries.
passes
along the east line of Washington County,
separating it from Clark and Scott
counties. 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.
Washington County was formed in 1814. It was
named for U.S. President George Washington.
As early as 1802, a man named Frederick
Royce lived among the Ox Indians at a place
known as the Lick, two miles east of Salem, and
is probably the first white man to inhabit this
county. He was a hunter-trader and salt
manufacturer. In 1803, Thomas Hopper was the
first to settle in this county near Hardingburg.
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