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Fountain County is divided into 11 Civil Townships as follows: Cain, Davis,
Fulton, Jackson, Logan, Mill Creek, Richland, Shawnee, Troy, Van Buren and
Wabash.
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Parts of Montgomery and Wabash counties were taken to form Fountain county
when it was formally organized December 31, 1825, becoming effective April
1, 1826.
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Covington is the County Seat. The locating commissioners who chose it made
their report July 25, 1826, probably because of its location on the Erie
Canal, a factor which also led to its quick growth. Laid out in 1826,
D. Rawles and J. L. Sloan, Esquires, were the first settlers, and by 1849
there were fourteen dry goods stores, two drug stores, four groceries, two
iron stores, four warehouses, ten lawyers, ten physicians, three preachers,
about 250 houses of various descriptions, and 1,000 inhabitants.
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In the later part of the 1820s, some residents wanted to move the County
Seat. As Covington was located on the Wabash River, which forms the boundary
between Warren and Vermillion counties, there was an agitation started to
move the County Seat to a more central location, with the result that the
Legislature appointed locating commissioners on January 29, 1831, to investigate
the question of relocation. The commissioners unanimously agreed that the
town of Covington remain the permanent seat of justice of the county.
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In 1851, another effort was made to move the County Seat. The desired new
location would have been Chambersburg.
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In 1870 and 1871 Veedersburg tried unsuccessfully to get a bill through the
Legislature to secure the County Seat.
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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 Fountain County start with the
prefix 23 because it is the twenty-third county in alphabetical listing.
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