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Hancock County is divided into 9 Civil Townships as follows: Blue River,
Brandywine, Brown, Buck Creek, Center, Green, Jackson, Sugar Creek and Vernon.
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Hancock County was organized effective March 1, 1828.
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Greenfield is the County Seat and was first settled in 1828 by Meek and Spillman.
By 1849 it contained the Court House and county offices, County Seminary
and sixty dwelling houses with 300 inhabitants.
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James Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosier Poet, was born in Greenfield and his
inspiration for "The Brandywine," "The old Swimmin' Hole," and other poems
came from this local.
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A mill just outside of Maxwell blew up between 1892-1900. A friend of the
owner called the group that worked there the "dirty dozen!" --
Thanks to Charles Snyder
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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 Hancock County start with the
prefix 30 because it is the thirtieth county in alphabetical listing.
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