INDIANA
THE ORIGINS OF THE COUNTIES
| COUNTY | ORIGIN OF NAME | DATE OF ORIGIN | COUNTY SEAT |
| Adams | President, John Quincy Adams |
March 1, 1836 |
Decatur |
| Allen | Colonel John Allen of Kentucky |
April 1, 1824 |
Fort Wayne |
| Bartholomew | General Joseph Bartholomew, U. S. Senator |
February 12, 1821 |
Columbus |
| Benton | Thomas H. Benton, U. S. Senator |
February 18, 1840 |
Fowler |
| Blackford | Judge Isaac Blackford |
February 18, 1839 |
Hartford City |
| Boone | Daniel Boone |
April 1, 1831 |
Lebanon |
| Brown | General Jacob Brown, War 1812 |
April 1, 1836 |
Nashville |
| Carroll | charles Carroll of Maryland |
May 1, 1828 |
Delphi |
| Cass | General Lewis Cass, governor Michigan |
April 13, 1829 |
Logansport |
| Clark | General George Rogers Clark |
February 3, 1801 |
Jeffersonville |
| Clay | Henry Clay |
April 1, 1825 |
Brazil |
| Crawford | Col. William Crawford |
March 1, 1818 |
English |
| Daviess | Col. Joseph H. Daviess |
February 15, 1817 |
Washington |
| Dearborn | General Henry Dearborn, Secretary of War |
March 7, 1803 |
Lawrenceburg |
| Decatur | Commodore Stephen Decatur |
March 4, 1822 |
Greensburg |
| DeKalb | Baron DeKalb |
May 1, 1837 |
Auburn |
| Delaware | Delaware Indian Tribe |
April 1, 1827 |
Muncie |
| Deubois | Toussaint Dubois |
February 1, 1818 |
Jasper |
| Elkhart | Elkhart Indian Tribe |
April 1, 1830 |
Goshen |
| Fayette | Mariquis de Lafayette |
January 1, 1819 |
Connersville |
| Floyd | Col. John Floyd of Virginia |
February 2, 1819 |
New Albany |
| Fountain | Major Fountain of Kentucky |
April 1, 1826 |
Covington |
| Franklin | Benjamin Franklin |
February 1, 1811 |
Brookville |
| Fulton | Robert Fulton |
April 1, 1836 |
Rochester |
| Gibson | John Gibson, Governor Indiana Territory |
April 1, 1813 |
Princeton |
| Grant | Captains Samuel & Moses Grant of Kentucky |
April 1, 1832 |
Marion |
| Greene | General Nathaniel Green of American Revolution |
February 5, 1821 |
Bloomfield |
| Hamilton | Alexander Hamilton |
April 7, 1823 |
Noblesville |
| Hancock | John Hancock |
March 1, 1828 |
Greenfield |
| Harrison | Wm. Henry Harrison, Territory Governor |
December 1, 1808 |
Corydon |
| Hendricks | William Hendricks, Governor Indiana |
April 1, 1824 |
Danville |
| Henry | Patrick Henry |
June 1, 1822 |
New Castle |
| Howard | General T. A. Howard |
May 1, 1844 |
Kokomo |
| Huntington | Samuel Huntington |
December 2, 1834 |
Huntington |
| Jackson | General Andrew Jackson |
January 1, 1816 |
Brownstown |
| Jasper | Sergeant Jasper of South Carolina |
March 15, 1838 |
Rensselaer |
| Jay | John Jay, Governor of New York |
March 1, 1836 |
Portland |
| Jefferson | Thomas Jefferson |
February 1, 1811 |
Marison |
| Jennings | Jonathon Jennings, First Governor of Indiana |
February 1, 1811 |
Vernon |
| Johnson | Judge John Johnson, Indiana Supreme Court |
May 5, 1823 |
Franklin |
| Knox | General Knox, Secretary of War |
June 20, 190 |
Vincennes |
| Kosciusko | Kosciusko, Polish hero of American Revolution |
June 1, 18237 |
Warsaw |
| LaGrange | Name of Lafayette's home near Paris |
April 1, 1832 |
laGrange |
| Lake | Lake Michigan |
February 15, 1837 |
Crown Point |
| LaPorte | French term meaning "the door" or "the port" |
April 1, 1832 |
La Porte |
| Lawrence | Captain James Lawrence |
March 1, 1818 |
Bedford |
| Madison | James Madison |
July 1, 1823 |
Anderson |
| Marion | General Francis Marion |
April 1, 1822 |
Inidianapolis |
| Marshall | Chief Justice John Marshall |
April 1, 1836 |
Plymouth |
| Martin | Major John T. Martin of Kentucky |
February 1, 1820 |
Shoals |
| Miami | Miami Indian Tribe |
March 1, 1834 |
Peru |
| Monroe | James Monroe |
April 10, 1818 |
Bloomington |
| Montgomery | General Richard Montgomery |
March 1, 1823 |
Crawfordsville |
| Morgan | General Daniel Morgan |
February 15, 1822 |
martinsville |
| Newton | Sergeant John Newton |
December 9, 1859 |
Kentland |
| Noble | James Noble, first U.S. Senator from Indiana |
March 1, 1836 |
Albion |
| Ohio | Ohio River |
march 1, 1844 |
Rising Sun |
| Orange | Orange County, North Carolina |
February 1, 1816 |
Paoli |
| Owen | Col. Abraham Owen, Tippecanoe Battle casualty |
January 1, 1819 |
Spencer |
| Parke | Benjmain Parke, first territory delegate to Congress |
April 2, 1821 |
Rockville |
| Perry | Commodore Oliver H. Perry |
November 1, 1814 |
Cannelton |
| Pike | General Zebulon M. Pike |
February 1, 1817 |
Petersburg |
| Porter | Commodore David Porter, War 1812 |
February 1, 1836 |
Valparaiso |
| Posey | General Thomas Posey |
November 1, 1814 |
Mt. Vernon |
| Pulaski | County Casimir Pulaski of American Revolution |
May 6, 1840 |
Winamac |
| Putnam | General Israel Putnam |
April 1, 1822 |
Greencastle |
| Randolph | Either Thomas Randolph or Randolph County, North Carolina |
August 10, 1818 |
Winchester |
| Ripley | General E. W. Riplet, War 1812 |
April 10, 1818 |
Versailles |
| Rush | Dr. Benjamin Rush |
April 1, 1822 |
Rushville |
| Scott | General Charles Scott, Governor Kentucky |
February 1,1 820 |
Scottsburg |
| Shelby | Isaac Shelby |
April 1, 1822 |
Shelbyville |
| Spencer | Captiain Spier Spencer |
February 1, 1818 |
Rockport |
| Starke | General Starke |
January 15, 1850 |
Knox |
| St. Joseph | St. Joseph Riber |
April 1, 1830 |
South Bend |
| Steuben | Baron Steuben, Revolutionary War |
May 1, 1837 |
Angola |
| Sullivan | General Daniel Sullivan |
January 15, 1817 |
Sullivan |
| Switzerland | Switzerland, native land of first settlers |
October 1, 1814 |
Vevay |
| Tippecanoe | Tippecanoe River & Battleground |
March 1, 1826 |
Lafayette |
| Tipton | General John Tipson |
May 1, 1844 |
Tipton |
| Union | Symbolical of union of interests |
February 1, 1821 |
Liberty |
| Vanderburgh | Henry Vanderburgh, Territory Judge |
Febraury 1, 1818 |
Evansville |
| Vermillion | Vermillion Riber |
Febraury 1, 1824 |
Newport |
| Vigo | Col. Francis Vigo |
February 15, 1818 |
Terre Haute |
| Wabash | Wabash River |
March 1, 1835 |
Wabash |
| Warren | General Joseph Warren, American Revoltion |
March 1, 1827 |
Williamsport |
| Warrick | Captain John Warrick |
April 1, 1813 |
Boonville |
| Washington | George Washington |
January 17, 1814 |
Salem |
| Wayne | General Anthony Wayne |
February 1, 1811 |
Richmond |
| Wells | Captain William A. Wells |
May 1, 1837 |
Bluffton |
| White | Colo. Isaac White |
April 1, 1834 |
Monticello |
| Whitley | Col. William Whitley |
April 1, 1839 |
Columbia City |
Contributed by Peggy Thompson