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Madison County is divided into 14 Civil Townships as follows: Adams, Anderson,
Boone, Duck Creek, Fall Creek, Green, Jackson, Lafayette, Monroe, Pipe Creek,
Richland, Stoney Creek, Union and Van Buren.
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Madison County was formally organized July 1, 1823.
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Anderson wasn't always the County Seat.
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Pendleton was the first County Seat. Selected 1823, it was too far from the
center of the county to be satisfactory ... there is also some question as
to whether or not it was ever "declared" the County Seat or if it was just
the location where judicial business was enacted.
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According to the act of January 13, 1826, the County Seat was relocated to
a town called Bedford; however, I am unable to locate a town of Bedford having
ever been established in Madison County and some sources do not list it in
describing the a transition of the County Seat from Pendleton to Andersontown.
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Andersontown was the third County Seat. The rapid growth of Andersontown,
a town much nearer the center of the county, caused the citizens of the county
to apply to the Legislature for an act to relocate the County Seat and the
change was then made as the result of the act of January 4, 1827 and the
actual site appears to have been chosen in 1828. By the legislative act of
December 6, 1848, Andersontown became simply Anderson.
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Anderson was was an old Indian town named after Anderson, a Delaware chief,
who formerly resided there. In 1813 it was burnt by a detachment of troops
from Kentucky, then on an exploring tour. In 1849 Anderson had a Courthouse,
Jail, fireproof public offices, a County Seminary and a population of about
300.
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The Courthouse, with most of the records, was destroyed by fire on December
10, 1880. The replacement was ready for occupancy February 21, 1885.
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Pendleton was the site of the first hanging of a white man for killing an
Indian.
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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 Madison County start with the
prefix 48 because it is the forty-eighth county in alphabetical listing.
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