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Vermillion County is divided into 5 Civil Townships as follows: Clinton,
Eugene, Helt, Highland and Vermillion.
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Vermillion County was organized January 2, 1824 becoming effective February
1, 1824.
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Newport is the County Seat. Laid out in 1835, by S. S. Collett, in 1849 it
had a population of 250.
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The Courthouse at Newport was destroyed by fire on two occasions, January
24, 1844, and on January 5, 1866. At neither time were the county records
lost.
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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 Vermillion County start with
the prefix 83 because it is the eighty-third county in alphabetical
listing.
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