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Warren County is divided into 12 Civil Townships as follows: Adams, Jordan,
Kent, Liberty, Medina, Mound, Pike, Pine, Prairie, Steuben, Warren and
Washington.
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Warren County was organized March 1, 1827.
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Williamsport wasn't always the County Seat.
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The first seat of justice of Warren County was located at Warrentown, two
miles up the river from Williamsport. For reasons unknown, this site proved
unsatisfactory and the Legislature on January 22, 1829, passed an act for
the relocation of the County Seat.
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On the second Monday of June 1830, locating commissioners met at Warrentown,
and after a liberal donation of land by William Harrison, selected the present
site of Williamsport for the new County Seat. First settled in 1829
by Wm. Harrison, J. J. McAlilly, James H. Buell and Thomas Gilbert, by 1849
Williamsport contained 100 houses and 400 inhabitants.
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The Courthouse at Williamsport was destroyed by fire on Sunday, January 20,
1907. All the records but those of the commissioners were saved.
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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 Warren County start with the
prefix 86 because it is the eighty-sixth county in alphabetical listing.
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