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Vigo County is divided into 12 Civil Townships as follows: Fayette, Harrison,
Honey Creek, Linton, Lost Creek, Nevins, Otter Creek, Pierson, Prairie Creek,
Prairieton, Riley and Sugar Creek.
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Vigo County was organized by an act of the Legislature March 21, 1818 becoming
effective February 15, 1818.
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Terre Haute is the County Seat.
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In the will of Colonel Vigo, he bequeathed $500 to this county to buy a bell
for the Courthouse. There was a proviso that a certain claim was collected
from the government for supplies furnished the destitute army of Colonel
George Rogers Clark in 1778. This claim was paid to his heirs in 1884 and
the amount for the bell was paid by the heirs to the county. This amount
is a part of the expense of the bell that was hung in the dome of the Courthouse
and bore the inscribed name of Colonel Francis Vigo.
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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 Vigo County start with the prefix
84 because it is the eighty-fourth county in alphabetical listing.
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