Indiana (territory) -- Warrick (county)


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County Seat: Boonville

County Name: Named for the Jacob Warrick, Indiana militia commander killed at the Battle of Tippecanoe.


 
Boundary Changes
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Date
Area
Change
01 APR 18131315Created from Knox County.
01 NOV 1814501Lost to the creation of Perry and Posey.
   

 

 

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Background
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Warrick County was formed on 01 April 1813 by An Act for the formation of two new counties out of the county of Knox [click here for more information]. The county's boundaries would change once before statehood.

The following map shows the original size of the county at its founding (in red with yellow border) superimposed on a modern map

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Warrick County in 1813

 

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An Act for the formation of two new counties out of the county of Warrick and part of Gibson county, 1814

BE it enacted by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the first day of November next, all that part of the county of Warrick, which is included within the following boundaries, shall form and constitute a new county, which shall be known and designated by the name and style of the county of Posey: that is to say begining on the Ohio river, where the range line passing between the tenth and eleventh range strikes or intersects the said Ohio river, north with the said range line passing between the said tenth and eleventh ranges, to its intersection with the line dividing the counties of Gibson and Warrick, thence west with the said line dividing the said counties of Gibson and Warrick to the western bank of the Wabash river, thence down the western bank of the Wabash river with the line of the Illinois Territory to its junction with the Ohio river, thence up the Ohio river with the meanders thereof to the beginning.

An Act for the formation of two new counties out of the county of Knox, 1813

BE it enacted by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from any after the passage hereof all that part of Knox county which is included in the following boundaries shall form and constitute two new counties, that is to say : beginning at the mouth of the Wabash, thence up the same with the meanders thereof to the mouth of White river, thence up White river with the meanders thereof to the forks of White river, thence up the East fork of White river to where the line between sections number twenty and twenty nine, in township number one, north, of range number four, west, strikes the same, thence with said line to the line of Harrison county, thence with the said line dividing the counties of Knox and Harrison to the Ohio river, thence down to the Ohio river to the beginning.

 

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