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Clark is divided into 12 Civil Townships as follows: Bethlehem, Carr,
Charlestown, Jeffersonville, Monroe, Oregon, Owen, Silver Creek, Union, Utica,
Washington and Wood.
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Clark County was set apart February 3, 1801, by William Henry Harrison, then
Governor of the Territory of Indiana.
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The County Seat hasn't always been Jeffersonville.
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The first county seat was Springville. This was a little village, which stood
near where Charlestown now stands. This village was on the old Indian trail
from the Falls of the Ohio to the Indian nations of the north, west and east.
Jonathan Jennings, first Governor of Indiana, lived a short distance from
this little town, which was at one time a great trading center for the French
and Indians, but nothing remains to tell where the village stood.
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On June 9, 1802, Governor Harrison issued a proclamation "fixing the seat
of justice at the town of Jeffersonville ... after the first day of August
next," however, the Territorial Legislature changed it to Charlestown by
the Act of December 14, 1810.
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On September 23, 1873, the County Seat was permanently located at Jeffersonville.
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Charlestown was first settled in 1808 and by 1849 (twenty-four years before
the County Seat was transferred to Jeffersonville) it contained a Courthouse,
Presbyterian County Seminary and Female High School, churches for the Episcopal
and Reformed Methodists as well as Baptists and Presbyterians, about 200
dwelling houses and a population of 1,200.
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Port Fulton, now included within Jeffersonville, was home to the third-largest
hospital in the United States during the Civil War. Jefferson General Hospital
was built on property confiscated from U.S. Senator Jesse D. Bright, who
was a Confederate sympathizer. Under the command of Dr. Middleton Goldsmith
from February 21, 1864 to December of 1866, the facility saw more than 16,000
patients -- thanks to Erin Fellows.
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According to the Society of Indiana Pioneers, an individual was a pioneer
of our county if they resided here on or before December 31, 1825.
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Indiana automobile License Plates issued in Clark County start with the prefix
10 because it is the tenth county in alphabetical listing.
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