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Switzerland County is divided into 6 Civil Townships as follows: Cotton,
Craig, Jefferson, Pleasant, Posey and York.
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Switzerland County was organized formally October 1, 1814.
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Vevay is the County Seat. Constituting a part of the tract of land sold
on credit by the United States to the Swiss settlement in 1802 for the
cultivation of the vine, the town was laid out in 1813 by the brothers J.
J., J. F. and Daniel Dufour, and received the name of a town in Switzerland
from the vicinity of which they had emigrated. By 1849 Vevay contained over
200 houses and 1,200 inhabitants.
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Vevay is one of only 4 county seats that were never serviced by a railroad,
in fact, Switzerland County never had a railroad! Thanks to Nathan
Bilger at
http://indiana.railfan.net
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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 Switzerland County start with
the prefix 78 because it is the seventy-eighth county in alphabetical
listing.
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