Indiana Gazetteer or Topographical Dictionary of the State (1850)
Third Edition, 440 pages
E. Chamberlain, Indianapolis, Indiana
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 - Huntington 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 - Spencer 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
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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
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