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Harrison County is divided into 12 Civil Townships as follows: Blue River,
Boone, Franklin, Harrison, Heth, Jackson, Morgan, Posey, Spencer, Taylor,
Washington and Webster. Scott Township is now included in Harrison Township.
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Harrison County was established December 1, 1808, and was the fourth county
organized in Indiana having been taken from Knox and Clark counties.
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Harrison County was taken out from Knox and Clark Counties.
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Corydon is the County Seat.
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Corydon was once the Indiana State Capitol. On May 1, 1813, the capital of
the territory was removed form Vincennes to Corydon and the original stone
building used as the Capitol Building still stands. Near this building, under
an elm tree, was written the first constitution of the State of Indiana.
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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 Harrison County start with the
prefix 31 because it is the thirty-first county in alphabetical listing.
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