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Miami County is divided into 14 Civil Townships as follows: Allen, Butler,
Clay, Deer Creek, Erie, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry, Peru, Pipe Creek,
Richland, Union and Washington.
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Miami County was officially organized March 1, 1834.
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Peru wasn't always the County Seat.
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The first County Seat was at Miamisport. This town was laid out in 1828 and
was on the same section of land that is now occupied by Peru, a section
originally set aside as a reservation for Miami Indian Chief John B.
Richardville who sold the east half to William N. Hood and the western half
to Joseph Holman. The two men laid out the town of Miamisport, however, they
failed to agree and Hood outbid Holman and secured the location east of
Miamisport where Peru now stands.
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The growth of Peru, laid out in 1825 by Judge Hood, was such that Miamisport
wasn't taken within its limits and it was ordered vacated June 1841, Peru
formally becoming the County Seat by an act of the Legislature on December
26, 1843. By 1849 it contained six churches, one each for the Methodists,
Baptists, Episcopalians, Catholics, Old School and New School Presbyterians,
over 200 houses and about 1,500 inhabitants.
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The first Courthouse was burned down March 16, 1843, destroying all the county
records but those of the County Commissioner.
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Famous musical playwright Cole Porter was born in Peru on June 9th 1891.
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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, 1835.
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Indiana automobile License Plates issued in Miami County start with the prefix
52 because it is the fifty-second county in alphabetical listing.
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