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Posey County is divided into 10 Civil Towhships as follows: Bethel, Black,
Center, Harmony, Lynn, Marrs, Point, Robb, Robinson and Smith.
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Posey County was organized November 1, 1814.
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Mt. Vernon wasn't always the County Seat.
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The first location was at Blackford, in the northeastern corner of Marrs
Township, the town being named after Judge Isaac Blackford, a famous lawyer
in Indiana for more than forty years.
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In 1817, it was removed to Springfield, near the town of Harmonie, where
Frederick Rapp and his colony of Rappites lived.
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The legislative act of February 12, 1825 moved the County Seat to Mt.
Vernon. First settled in 1803 by Andrew McFadin, the town site long
ago known as McFadin's Bluff. By 1849 Mt. Vernon contained substantial buildings
for the Courthouse and public offices, two good hotels and about 200 houses
with 1,000 inhabitants.
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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 Posey County start with the prefix
65 because it is the sixty-fifth county in alphabetical listing.
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