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 Starke
County, so named from General John Stark, the victor in the Battle of Bennington,
was not organized in 1849. It contained about 320 square miles, and was situated
mostly in the marshes of the Kankakee, south of LaPorte, west of Marshall,
north of Pulaski, and east of Jasper. It was believed that but a small portion
of the county would be valuable, except for raising stock. It was attached
to Marshall for civil and election purposes. The population in 1840 was 149
and in 1849 about 450. |
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