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Dubois County is divided into 12 Civil Townships as follows: Bainbridge,
Boone, Cass, Columbia, Ferdinand, Hall, Harbison, Jackson, Jefferson, Madison,
Marion and Patoka.
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The first settlers in the area now representing Dubois County arrived about
1801.
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Dubois County was organized by Legislative act December 18, 1817, which became
effective February 1, 1818.
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Jasper was not always the County Seat.
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The first County Seat of Dubois County was Portersville. Owing to its location
on White River, the northern boundary of the county, efforts were made at
various times in the Legislature to have the County Seat removed to a more
desirable location.
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By a supplementary act of the Legislature of January 30, 1830, commissioners
were ordered to meet at Portersville in August 1830, and select a new County
Seat "as near the center of the county as possible." The town of Jasper was
chosen and has remained the County Seat to the present day.
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Jasper was first settled in 1830 by Dr. McCrillas, Colonel Morgan, B. B.
Edmonson, Z. Dillon and J. McDonald. In 1849 it had 5 stores, three groceries,
two warehouses, one brewery, one distillery and a population of 532. Jasper
is situated on the Patoka River 120 miles southwest of Indianapolis, fifty
miles northeast of Evansville, and forty-four miles south east of Vincennes.
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The Courthouse was completely destroyed by fire in August 1839, and many
of the historical county records were lost.
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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 Dubois County start with the
prefix 19 because it is the nineteenth county in alphabetical listing.
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