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The Indiana Gazetteer or Topographical Dictionary of the State of Indiana
1850, Third Edition, 440 pages
E. Chamberlain, Indianapolis, Indiana
http://www.historic-atlas-series.com/1850_IN_Gaz_index.html
This is a digitally reproduced version of the 1850 Indiana Gazetteer or Topographical
Dictionary of the State of Indiana. Historians, genealogists and researchers of mid 19th
century Indiana will find the vast amount of information in this book invaluable. This
book contains topographical and historical profiles of the cities, towns and villages of
1850 Indiana. Indiana places and place names, many of which no longer exist in
contemporary literature or on current maps are identified and discussed in this excellent
early Indiana resource.
The book is organized in two parts:
Part First - General View of the State:
* Boundaries, Extent and Area
* Natural Divisions
* Face and Peculiarities of the country
* Natural History
* Lakes and Rivers
* Public Lands
* Internal Improvements
* Agricultural Productions
* Manufactures and Commerce
* Climate and Health
* Education
* Political Institutions - Civil Divisions
* Population
* Religious Denominations
* Antiquities
* History
* State Institutions
Part Second - Topography and Statistics:
This is an extensive 290 page section of the book containing the description of many
county, city, villages, places and place names too numerous to list here. The following is
a partial list of cities and towns profiled in this part:
Adams County - Allen County - Anderson - Angola - Attica - Auburn - Aurora - Bartholomew
County - Bedford - Benton County - Blackford County - Bloomington - Bluffton - Blue River
- Boone County - Brookville - Brown County - Brownstown - Brownsville - Cambridge City -
Cannelton - Carlisle - Carroll County - Cass County - Centreville - Charlestown - Clark
County - Clay County - Clinton County - Columbus - Corydon - Covington - Crawford County -
Crawfordsville - Danville - Daviess County - Dearborn County - Dekalb County - Delaware
County - Delphi - Driftwood - Dubois County - Dunlapsville - Edinburgh - Eel River -
Elkhart County - Evansville - Fayette - Connersville - Flat Rock - Floyd County - Fort
Wayne - Fountain County - Frankfort - Franklin County - French Lick - Fulton County -
Gibson County - Goshen - Gosport - Grant County - Greene County - Greencastle - Hamilton
County - Hancock County - Hanover - Harrison County - Hendricks County - Henry County -
Howard County - Hun!
tington County - Indianapolis - Jackson County - Jasper County - Jay County - Jefferson
County - Jeffersonville - Johnson County - Knox County - Kosciusko County - Lafayette -
LaGrange County - Lake County - LaPorte County - LaPorte - Lawrence County - Lawrenceburgh
- Lebanon - Levenworth - Liberty, Union County - Logansport - Madison County - Madison,
Jefferson County - Marion County - Marshall County - Martin County - Martinsville - Miami
County - Michigan City - Mishawaka - Monroe County - Montgomery County - Monticello -
Morgan County - Muncie - New Albany - New Harmony - Noble County - Noblesville - Ohio
County - Orange County - Owen County - Parke County - Pendleton - Perry County - Peru -
Petersburgh - Pike County - Porter County - Posey County - Princeton - Pulaski County -
Randolph County - Richmond - Ripley County - Rising Sun - Rochester, Fulton County -
Rockford - Rockport - Rockville - Rush County - Rushville - Scott County - Shelby County -
South Bend - Spence!
r County - Spencer - Starke County - Steuben County - St Joseph County
- Sullivan County - Switzerland County - Terre Haute - Thorntown - Tippecanoe County -
Tippecanoe River - Tipton County - Union County - Vanderburgh County - Vermillion County -
Vernon - Vevay - Vincennes - Wabash River - Wabash County - Warren County - Warrrick
County - Washington County - Salem - Wayne County - Wells County - White County - White
Water - Whitley County - Winamack
Engravings found throughout:
* State House, Indianapolis
* State Bank, Indianapolis
* Deaf and Dumb Asylum, near Indianapolis
* Asylum for the Blind, Indianapolis
* Insane Hospital, near Indianapolis
* State University, Bloomington
* Wabash College, Crawfordsville
* Court House, Connersville
* Franklin College, Franklin
* Asbury University, Greencastle
* Hanover College, Hanover
* First Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis
* Wesley Chapel, Indianapolis
* Hon. O.H. Smith's residence, Indianapolis
* Branch Bank, Madison
* Christ Church, Madison
* Residence of A W Morris, Esq., Indianapolis
* State Sentinel Building, Indianapolis
* State Journal Buildings, Indianapolis
* Masonic Hall, Indianapolis
* Map of Cannelton, Cannelton
* Cotton Mill, Cannelton
* Hon A.T. Ellis's residence, Vincennes
* Market House, Vincennes
* Market Street, Vincennes
The Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to view, zoom, pan and print from the PDF images
contained in this book; and is included free on each CD. No other software is necessary.
The data has been created and configured using Adobe Acrobat for MS Windows (98, 98SE, XP,
NT and 2000). The pages may be viewed in earlier versions of the software as well; and
with current versions of the Adobe Reader on recent model Mac systems.
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Thanks for looking,
Rich Green
Historic Atlas Series
http://www.historic-atlas-series.com