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Posts tagged county seat

August 20, 2012

 

East side of the public square, Bedford, In

Competing For County Seat

Town boosters competed fiercely for the designation of county seat during the nineteenth century.

August 13, 2012

 

detail of an 1840 map of Indiana.by Jeremiah Greeleaf

Putting Indiana’s Cities and Towns On The Map

The location of many of Indiana’s towns and cities is a result of geography, topography, economics, and the law—with a little nostalgia thrown in the mix.

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