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Delaware County is divided into 12 Civil Townships as follows: Center, Delaware,
Hamilton, Harrison, Liberty, Monroe, Mount Pleasant, Niles, Perry, Salem,
Union and Washington.
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Delaware County was organized January 18, 1827 and became effective April
1 of that year.
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Muncie is the County Seat and by 1849 had a population of 800.
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The Indian village Munceytown was an indian village on the north side
of the White River, opposite the original location of present day Muncie,
and is now completely engulfed by that city. This Indian village was also
known as Outainink, and was the residents of the divisions of the Delaware
tribe of Indians named in association with their chief whose name was Muncey.
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The world's largest orchid species collection is found at Ball State University.
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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, 1830.
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Indiana automobile License Plates issued in Delaware County start with the
prefix 18 because it is the eighteenth county in alphabetical listing.
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