Indiana became a State on December 11, 1816 becoming the 19th State, with the capitol at Corydon.   Jonathan Jennings (1784-1834) was the first Governor of Indiana.   The capitol of Indiana was changed to Indianapolis, in 1825.

In the fall of 1818 at St. Marys, Ohio, several Indian tribes (Delawares, Wea, Kickapoos, Miamis and Potawatomis) gave up their claim to a portion of central Indiana, called the "New Purchase." 

One of the Western States, and a portion of the Great Mississippi Valley, is bounded on the N. by Lake Michigan and the State of Michigan, E. by Ohio, S. by Kentucky, from which it is separated by the Ohio river, and W. by Illinois, from which it is partly separated by the Wabash river. It lies between 37° 45' and 41° 52' N. lat., being about 275 miles in its greatest length from N. to S., and about 135 miles in width, forming nearly a parallelogram, and including 33,809 square miles, or 21,637,760 acres, only 5,045,453 of which are improved, leaving three-fourths of this fertile. state uncultivated. When we take into consideration that the million of inhabitants who possess the cultivated portion are far from densely settled, we arrive at conclusions foreshadowing the immense population that must one day occupy the Great Mississippi Valley.

Baldwin, Thomas and J. Thomas, M.D. New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Grambo, & Co., 1854

Capital: Indianapolis Motto: "The Crossroads of America" Nicknames: Hoosier State State Song: "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away" State Tree: The Tulip Tree State Flower: The Peony State Stone: Limestone State Bird: The Cardinal State River: Wabash River Lowest Point: Southwest boundary; 320 ft, 35th Highest Point:Hoosier Hill; 1257 ft, 44th

 

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Adams - County seat Decatur	Allen - County seat Fort Wayne	Bartholomew - County seat - Columbus	Benton - County seat Fowler
Blackford - County seat Hartford City	Boone - County seat Lebanon	Brown - County seat Nashville	Carroll - County seat Delphi
Cass- County seat Logansport	Clark- County seat Jeffersonville	Clay- County seat Brazil	Clinton- County seat Frankfort
Crawford- County seat English	Daviess- County seat Washington	Dearborn- County seat Lawrenceburg	Decatur- County seat Greensburg
De Kalb- County seat Auburn	Delaware- County seat Muncie	Dubois- County seat Jasper	Elkhart- County seat Goshen
Fayette- County seat Connersville	Floyd- County seat New Albany	Fountain- County seat Covington	Franklin- County seat Brookville
Fulton- County seat Rochester	Gibson- County seat Princeton	Grant- County seat Marion	Greene- County seat Bloomfield
Hamilton- County seat Noblesville	Hancock- County seat Greenfield	Harrison- County seat Corydon	Hendricks- County seat Danville
Henry- County seat New Castle	Howard- County seat Kokomo	Huntington- County seat Huntington	Jackson- County seat Brownstown
Jasper- County seat Rensselear	Jay- County seat Portland	Jefferson- County seat Madison	Jennings- County seat Vernon
Johnson- County seat Franklin	Knox- County seat Vincennes	Kosciusko- County seat Warsaw	LaGrange- County seat Lagrange
Lake- County seat Crown Point	La Porte- County seat LaPorte	Lawrence- County seat Bedford	Madison- County seat Anderson
Marion- County seat Indianapolis	Marshall- County seat Plymouth	Martin- County seat Shoals	Miami- County seat Peru
Monroe- County seat Bloomington	Montgomery- County seat Crawfordsville	Morgan- County seat Martinsville	Newton- County seat Kentland
Noble- County seat Albion	Ohio- County seat Rising Sun	Orange- County seat Paoli	Owen- County seat Spencer
Parke- County seat Rockville	Perry- County seat Cannelton	Pike- County seat Petersburg	Porter- County seat Valparaiso
Posey- County seat Mount Vernon	Pulaski- County seat Winamac	Putnam- County seat Greencastle	Randolph- County seat Winchester
Ripley- County seat Versailles	Rush- County seat Rushville	St. Joseph- County seat South Bend	Scott- County seat Scottsburg
Shelby- County seat Shelbyville	Spencer- County seat Rockport	Starke- County seat Knox	Steuben- County seat Angola
Sullivan- County seat Sullivan	Switzerland- County seat Vevay	Tippecanoe- County seat Layfayette	Tipton- County seat Tipton
Union- County seat Liberty	Vanderburgh- County seat Evansville	Vermillion- County seat Newport	Vigo- County seat Terre Haute
Wabash- County seat Wabash	Warren- County seat Williamsport	Warrick- County seat Boonville	Washington- County seat Salem
Wayne- County seat Richmond	Wells- County seat Bluffton	White- County seat Monticello	Whitley- County seat Columbia City

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