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Fayette County is divided into 9 Civil Townships as follows: Columbia,
Connersville, Fairview, Harrison, Jackson, Jennings, Orange, Posey and Waterloo.
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Fayette County was organized December 28, 1818, by an act of the Legislature,
which became effective January 1, 1819.
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Connersville is the County Seat.
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John Conner laid out the town that bears his name, Connersville, in 1817.
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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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At Connersville High School, in the 1906-07 school year, Dr. W. Otto Meissner
established the first high school concert band in the United States.
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Indiana automobile License Plates issued in Fayette County start with the
prefix 21 because it is the twenty-first county in alphabetical listing.
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Fayette County was the first in the nation to have a Free Fair --
thanks to Jolissa Bates.
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