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Elkhart County is divided into 16 Civil Townships as follows: Baugo, Benton,
Cleveland, Clinton, Concord, Elkhart, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Locke,
Middlebury, Olive, Osolo, Union, Washington and York.
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Elkhart County was organized by an act of the Legislature January 29, 1830,
becoming effective April 1, 1830.
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When Elkhart County was organized. April 1, 1830, a little town called Dunlap
was selected as the County Seat. Later a number of the western townships
were ceded to St. Joseph County and it became necessary to find a more centrally
located county seat, and the site now known as Goshen was designated February
10, 1831. The new County Seat was surveyed and platted and the first sale
of lots was held June 10, 1831.
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Goshen, the County Seat, was first settled in 1831. In 1849 Goshen contained
commodious public buildings for the county; Methodist and Presbyterian churches;
halls for the Masons, Odd Fellows and Sons of Temperance; eleven stores,
two groceries, four lawyers, seven physicians, 125 dwelling houses and a
population of 700 ... adjoining the town was the flouring and saw mills of
J. H. Barnes.
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Elkhart is the band instrument capital of the world.
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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, 1840.
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Indiana automobile License Plates issued in Elkhart County start with the
prefix 20 because it is the twentieth county in alphabetical listing.
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