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Washington County is divided into 13 Civil Townships as follows: Brown, Franklin,
Gibson, Howard, Jackson, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Pierce, Polk, Posey,
Vernon and Washington.
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Washington County was organized December 21, 1813, by an act of the Legislature,
which became effective January 17, 1814.
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Washington County was created out of Clark and Harrison Counties. Orange
and Jackson counties were taken from it in 1815, and Scott was carved out
in 1820, reducing Washington County to its present boundaries.
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Salem is the County Seat. An 1849 publication titled "The Indiana Gazatteer"
by E. Chamberlain noted that in 1832 the town suffered from a cholera epidemic,
but by 1849 the population had reached 1,500 ... Drew Wright was kind enough
to point out that his great, great grandfather, Eli Wright, was a victim
of this epidemic which actually occurred in 1833; see "The Stevens Centenniel
History of Washington County."
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Salem was the residence of Judge Parke, Christopher Harrison, J. H. Farnham
and General DePauw.
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During the Civil War there was one significant invasion of Indiana by Confederate
troops who are commonly known as Morgan's Raiders. At 9 .a.m., on July
10, 1863, Salem was taken over by this band who made their departure by 2
p.m. on the same day.
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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 Washington County start with
the prefix 88 because it is the eighty-eighth county in alphabetical
listing.
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