Indiana: Individual County Chronologies

Indiana Atlas of Historical County Boundaries

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ADAMS New Purchase (extinct)

20 Jan 1820
DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) created from Non-County Area 4; DELAWARE New Purchase not fully organized, concurrently attached to FAYETTE, FRANKLIN, JACKSON, JENNINGS, RANDOLPH, RIPLEY, and WAYNE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1819, 4th sess., ch. 54/p. 95)
23 Dec 1820
DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) lost to RANDOLPH. (Ind. Acts 1820, 5th sess., ch. 50/p. 117)
01 Feb 1821
DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) lost to WAYNE. (Ind. Acts 1820, 5th sess., ch. 58, secs. 1, 8/pp. 126, 129)
12 Feb 1821
DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) lost to creation of BARTHOLOMEW. DELAWARE New Purchase detached from concurrent jurisdiction of FAYETTE, FRANKLIN, JACKSON, JENNINGS, RANDOLPH, RIPLEY, and WAYNE, and attached to BARTHOLOMEW for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1820, 5th sess., ch. 31, secs. 1-2, 8/pp. 79-80, 82 and ch. 32/p. 83)
31 Dec 1821
DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) lost to MONROE. (Ind. Acts 1821, 6th sess., ch. 41/p. 79)
02 Jan 1822
DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) detached from BARTHOLOMEW; was not attached elsewhere. (Ind. Acts 1821, 6th sess., ch. 61/p. 118)
15 Feb 1822
DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) lost to creation of MORGAN. (Ind. Acts 1821, 6th sess., ch. 24, sec. 1/p. 35)
04 Mar 1822
DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) lost to creation of DECATUR. (Ind. Acts 1821, 6th sess., ch. 33, secs. 1-2/pp. 57-58)
01 Apr 1822
DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) lost to creation of MARION, RUSH, and SHELBY; part of DELAWARE New Purchase was attached to MARION for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1821, 6th sess., ch. 72, secs. 1, 3, 7/pp. 135-136, 138)
01 Jun 1822
DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) lost to creation of HENRY. (Ind. Acts 1821, 6th sess., ch. 60, sec. 1/p. 115)
07 Apr 1823
DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) lost to creation of HAMILTON. (Ind. Acts 1822, 7th sess., ch. 52, secs. 1-2/p. 100)
05 May 1823
DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) lost to creation of JOHNSON. (Ind. Acts 1822, 7th sess., ch. 15, sec. 1/p. 22)
01 Jul 1823
DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) lost to creation of MADISON. Attachment to MARION ended, leaving no part of DELAWARE New Purchase attached to any county. (Ind. Acts 1822, 7th sess., ch. 50, sec. 1/p. 94)
26 Jan 1824
DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) gained from MADISON. (Ind. Acts 1823, 8th sess., spec., ch. 28/p. 51)
31 Jan 1824
DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) gained from JACKSON, exchanged with RANDOLPH. (Ind. Rev. Laws 1824, ch. 17, secs. 8, 15, 17-19, 39, 48, 51/pp. 92-109 and ch. 21/p. 115)
01 Apr 1824
DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) lost to creation of ALLEN and HENDRICKS. Parts of DELAWARE New Purchase were attached to ALLEN and RANDOLPH for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Rev. Laws 1824, ch. 18, secs. 1, 8/pp. 109-110 and ch. 19, sec. 1/p. 111 )
12 Feb 1825
Part of unattached DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) was attached to MARION for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1825, 9th sess., ch. 12/p. 15)
13 Jan 1826
Part of unattached DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) was attached to HAMILTON for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1825, 10th sess., ch. 73, secs. 3-4/p. 81)
26 Jan 1827
DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) lost to MADISON. (Ind. Acts 1826, 11th sess., ch. 91/p. 84)
01 Apr 1827
Part of DELAWARE New Purchase attached to RANDOLPH lost to creation of DELAWARE; DELAWARE New Purchase renamed ADAMS New Purchase. ADAMS New Purchase remained unorganized; part was unattached, other parts attached to ALLEN, HAMILTON, MARION, and RANDOLPH for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1826, 11th sess., ch. 10, secs. 1-2, 7/pp. 12-13)
16 Jan 1828
Part of unattached ADAMS New Purchase lost to BARTHOLOMEW, JACKSON, and MONROE. (Ind. Acts 1827, 12th sess., ch. 11/p. 15)
24 Jan 1828
Part of ADAMS New Purchase was detached from HAMILTON and attached to HENDRICKS and TIPPECANOE for administrative and judicial purposes; parts of ADAMS New Purchase were detached from HAMILTON and RANDOLPH and attached to DELAWARE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1827, 12th sess., ch. 10/p. 13)
01 Apr 1828
ADAMS New Purchase lost to creation of CARROLL. Part of ADAMS New Purchase was detached from HAMILTON and attached to CARROLL. ADAMS New Purchase remained unorganized, parts attached to ALLEN, CARROLL, DELAWARE, HAMILTON, HENDRICKS, MARION, RANDOLPH, and TIPPECANOE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1827, 12th sess., ch. 16/p. 21 and ch. 10, secs. 3, 6/p. 14)
14 Apr 1829
ADAMS New Purchase lost to creation of CASS. ADAMS New Purchase detached from CARROLL, and some of ADAMS New Purchase detached from HAMILTON, both attached to CASS. (Ind. Acts 1828, 13th sess., ch. 19/p. 26 and ch. 20/p. 28)
29 Jan 1830
Part of ADAMS New Purchase was detached from HAMILTON and remained unattached. (Ind. Acts 1829, 14th sess., ch. 13/p. 22)
01 Mar 1830
ADAMS New Purchase attached to TIPPECANOE lost to creation of CLINTON; a half-mile-wide strip of ADAMS New Purchase along the southern boundary of CLINTON remained attached to TIPPECANOE. (Ind. Acts 1829, 14th sess., ch. 25/p. 33)
01 Apr 1830
Parts of ADAMS New Purchase attached to HENDRICKS, MARION, and TIPPECANOE lost to creation of BOONE. (Ind. Acts 1829, 14th sess., ch. 24, secs. 1-2/p. 31)
01 Apr 1831
ADAMS New Purchase lost to MADISON and to creation of GRANT. Parts of ADAMS New Purchase were detached from ALLEN and CASS and, together with a small unattached piece located between CASS and ALLEN, were attached to GRANT. Boundaries of that part of ADAMS New Purchase attached to RANDOLPH and DELAWARE were redefined [no change]. ADAMS New Purchase remained unorganized; part was unattached, other parts attached to ALLEN, CASS, DELAWARE, GRANT, HAMILTON, and RANDOLPH for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1830, 15th sess., spec., ch. 12, secs. 1-2, 7-8/pp. 16-18)
02 Feb 1832
ADAMS New Purchase lost to creation of HUNTINGTON and WABASH. (Ind. Acts 1831, 16th sess., ch. 119, secs. 1-2/pp. 112-113)
02 Apr 1832
ADAMS New Purchase lost to CASS and to creation of MIAMI. (Ind. Acts 1831, 16th sess., ch. 119, secs. 3, 5/p. 113)
07 Feb 1835
ADAMS New Purchase lost to creation of ADAMS, JAY, and WELLS. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, sec. 1/p. 44)
16 Feb 1839
Parts of unattached ADAMS New Purchase (Great Miami Reservation) were attached to CARROLL, CASS, HAMILTON, and MIAMI for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1838, 23d sess., gen., ch. 63/p. 75)
15 Jan 1844
ADAMS New Purchase lost to creation of RICHARDVILLE (now HOWARD) and TIPTON; the one-mile-wide remnant of ADAMS New Purchase remained attached to CARROLL for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1843, 28th sess., gen., ch. 3, secs. 1-2, 6/pp. 10-11)
13 Jan 1845
ADAMS New Purchase lost one-mile-wide remnant to RICHARDVILLE (now HOWARD); ADAMS New Purchase eliminated. (Ind. Acts 1844, 29th sess., loc., ch. 126/p. 151)

ADAMS

07 Feb 1835
ADAMS created from parts of ADAMS New Purchase attached to ALLEN and RANDOLPH, and from all of Non-County Area 9 attached to ALLEN; ADAMS not fully organized, parts attached to ALLEN and RANDOLPH for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, sec. 1/p. 44)
01 Mar 1836
ADAMS fully organized, detached from ALLEN and RANDOLPH. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 14/p. 46)

ALLEN

01 Apr 1824
ALLEN created from DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) and from Non-County Area 4. Non-County Areas 8 and 9, and part of DELAWARE New Purchase were attached to ALLEN for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Rev. Laws 1824, ch. 18, secs. 1, 8/pp. 109-110)
24 Jan 1828
Non-County Area 8 gained from Non-County Area 4 and remained attached to ALLEN for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1827, 12th sess., ch. 10/p. 13)
01 Apr 1828
ALLEN lost part of Non-County Area 8 attachment to creation of Non-County Area 11, which was attached to CARROLL for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1827, 12th sess., ch. 16/p. 21 and ch. 10, secs. 3, 6/p. 14)
14 Apr 1829
ALLEN lost part of Non-County Area 8 attachment to creation of Non-County Area 12, which was attached to CASS for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1828, 13th sess., ch. 19/p. 26 and ch. 20/p. 28)
01 Apr 1830
ALLEN lost part of Non-County Area 8 attachment to creation of ELKHART and to creation of Non-County Area 13, which was attached to ELKHART for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1829, 14th sess., ch. 23, secs. 1-2, 7-9, 14/pp. 28-31)
01 Apr 1831
Part of ADAMS New Purchase was detached from ALLEN and attached to GRANT. Non-County Area 8 attached to ALLEN exchanged with Non-County Area 13 attached to ELKHART, lost to creation of Non-County Area 15 attached to GRANT. (Ind. Acts 1830, 15th sess., spec., ch. 12, secs. 1-2, 7-8/pp. 16-18)
02 Feb 1832
ALLEN lost part of ADAMS New Purchase attachment and part of Non-County Area 8 attachment to creation of HUNTINGTON; HUNTINGTON not fully organized, part attached to ALLEN for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1831, 16th sess., ch. 119, secs. 1-2/pp. 112-113)
01 Apr 1832
ALLEN lost part of Non-County Area 8 attachment to creation of LAGRANGE and to creation of Non-County Area 16 attached to LAGRANGE. (Ind. Acts 1831, 16th sess., ch. 117, secs. 1-2, 7/pp. 110-111)
01 Feb 1834
HUNTINGTON fully organized, detached from ALLEN. (Ind. Acts 1833, 18th sess., ch. 29/p. 65)
07 Feb 1835
ALLEN lost part of ADAMS New Purchase attachment and all of Non-County Area 9 attachment to creation of ADAMS. ALLEN lost remaining ADAMS New Purchase attachment to creation of WELLS; ALLEN lost part of Non-County Area 8 attachment to creation of DE KALB and WHITLEY. New counties not fully organized, parts attached to ALLEN for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, secs. 1, 2, 4,6/pp. 44-45)
01 Jun 1835
ALLEN lost all of Non-County Area 8 attachment to creation of NOBLE; NOBLE not fully organized, part attached to ALLEN for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 24/p. 43)
06 Feb 1836
WHITLEY was detached from ALLEN and attached to HUNTINGTON for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 55/p. 84)
01 Mar 1836
ADAMS and NOBLE fully organized, detached from ALLEN. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 14, 20/pp. 46, 54)
01 May 1837
DE KALB and WELLS fully organized, detached from ALLEN. (Ind. Acts 1836, 21st sess., gen., ch. 5, 6/pp. 57, 59)

BARTHOLOMEW

12 Feb 1821
BARTHOLOMEW created from DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) and JACKSON. DELAWARE New Purchase was detached from concurrent jurisdiction of FAYETTE, FRANKLIN, JACKSON, JENNINGS, RANDOLPH, RIPLEY, and WAYNE and then attached to BARTHOLOMEW for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1820, 5th sess., ch. 31, secs. 1-2, 8/pp. 79-80, 82 and ch. 32/p. 83)
31 Dec 1821
BARTHOLOMEW lost part of DELAWARE New Purchase attachment (later ADAMS New Purchase) to MONROE. (Ind. Acts 1821, 6th sess., ch. 41/p. 79)
02 Jan 1822
DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) was detached from BARTHOLOMEW and remained unattached. (Ind. Acts 1821, 6th sess., ch. 61/p. 118)
16 Jan 1828
BARTHOLOMEW gained from ADAMS New Purchase. (Ind. Acts 1827, 12th sess., ch. 11/p. 15)
01 Apr 1836
BARTHOLOMEW lost to creation of BROWN. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 19, secs. 1-2/p. 52)
17 Feb 1838
BARTHOLOMEW lost to creation of Non-County Area 18. (Ind. Acts 1837, 22d sess., loc., ch. 61, secs. 41, 48, 50, 52, 64-66, 70-71, 75-78/pp. 241-266; Pence and Armstrong, 406)

BENTON

18 Feb 1840
BENTON created from JASPER. (Ind. Acts 1839, 24th sess., gen., ch. 40/p. 62)

BLACKFORD

02 Apr 1838
BLACKFORD created from JAY; BLACKFORD not fully organized, attached to JAY for administrative and judicial purposes. Mistakes in description corrected 29 January 1839 and 5 December 1842. (Ind. Acts 1837, 22d sess., loc., ch. 97/p. 290)
29 Jan 1839
BLACKFORD fully organized, detached from JAY; mistake of 2 April 1838 corrected [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1838, 23d sess., gen., ch. 49/p. 64)
20 Feb 1840
BLACKFORD boundaries were redefined [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1839, 24th sess., gen., ch. 60/p. 79)
05 Dec 1842
BLACKFORD boundaries were redefined, correcting mistake of 2 April 1838 [no change]. (Ind. Rev. Stat. 1843, ch. 2, secs. 2, 26, 28-31, 36-37, 42-44, 61, 67, 77, 80-82, 85-86/pp. 68, 74-81, 84, 86, 88-89)

BOONE

01 Apr 1830
BOONE created from that part of WABASH New Purchase attached to HENDRICKS, from those parts of ADAMS New Purchase attached to HENDRICKS and MARION, and from the half-mile-wide strip of both New Purchase counties attached to TIPPECANOE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1829, 14th sess., ch. 24, secs. 1-2/p. 31)

BROWN

01 Apr 1836
BROWN created from BARTHOLOMEW, JACKSON, and MONROE; mistakes in description corrected 20 December 1836 and 17 February 1838. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 19, secs. 1-2/p. 52)
20 Dec 1836
BROWN boundaries were redefined, correcting a mistake of 1 April 1836 [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1836, 21st sess., gen., ch. 56/p. 100)
17 Feb 1838
BROWN boundaries were redefined, correcting a mistake of 1 April 1836 [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1837, 22d sess., loc., ch. 61, secs. 41, 48, 50, 52, 64-66, 70-71, 75-78/pp. 241-266; Pence and Armstrong, 406)

CARROLL

01 Apr 1828
CARROLL created from Non-County Area 4, from part of ADAMS New Purchase attached to HAMILTON, and from part of WABASH New Purchase attached to PUTNAM. Non-County Area 11 attached to CARROLL. Part of ADAMS New Purchase detached from HAMILTON, attached to CARROLL; and part of WABASH New Purchase detached from PUTNAM, attached to CARROLL. Non-County Area 10 was attached concurrently to CARROLL and TIPPECANOE. All attachments were for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1827, 12th sess., ch. 16/p. 21 and ch. 10, secs. 3, 6/p. 14)
14 Apr 1829
CARROLL lost part of ADAMS New Purchase attachment, all of WABASH New Purchase attachment, and part of Non-County Area 11 attachment to creation of CASS. Part of Non-County Area 11 was detached from CARROLL, became part of Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS. Remaining part of ADAMS New Purchase was detached from CARROLL, attached to CASS. All attachments were for administrative and judical purposes. (Ind. Acts 1828, 13th sess., ch. 19/p. 26 and ch. 20/p. 28)
01 Apr 1830
CARROLL lost part of Non-County Area 10 (concurrently attached to CARROLL and TIPPECANOE) to creation of ST. JOSEPH, and to creation of Non-County Area 14, which was attached to ST. JOSEPH for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1829, 14th sess., ch. 23, secs. 1-2, 7-9, 14/pp. 28-31)
31 Jul 1830
WABASH New Purchase was detached from PARKE and PUTNAM and attached to CARROLL for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1829, 14th sess., ch. 21/p. 26)
01 Apr 1831
CARROLL lost part of Non-County Area 10 attachment to Non-County Area 14 attached to ST. JOSEPH; remaining Non-County Area 10 was detached from concurrent jurisdiction of CARROLL and TIPPECANOE and attached to CARROLL only. Non-County Area 11 attached to CARROLL lost all territory to Non-County Area 10; Non-County Area 11 eliminated. (Ind. Acts 1830, 15th sess., spec., ch. 12, secs. 1-2, 7-8/pp. 16-18)
01 Apr 1834
CARROLL lost WABASH New Purchase attachment and part of Non-County Area 10 attachment to creation of WHITE. (Ind. Acts 1833, 18th sess., ch. 30/p. 67)
24 Dec 1834
CARROLL lost all of Non-County Area 10 attachment to Non-County Area 17 attached to WHITE; Non-County Area 10 eliminated. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 57/p. 77)
04 Feb 1837
CARROLL lost to WHITE; mistake in description corrected 14 February 1839. (Ind. Acts 1836, 21st sess., loc., ch. 170/p. 379)
14 Feb 1839
Boundary between CARROLL and WHITE was redefined, correcting mistake of 4 February 1837 [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1838, 23d sess., gen., ch. 95/p. 93)
16 Feb 1839
Part of ADAMS New Purchase (Great Miami Reservation) was attached to CARROLL for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1838, 23d sess., gen., ch. 63/p. 75)
05 Dec 1842
CARROLL boundaries were redefined, creating an overlap with WHITE, but change never took effect; corrected 13 January 1846. (Ind. Rev. Stat. 1843, ch. 2, secs. 2, 26, 28-31, 36-37, 42-44, 61, 67, 77, 80-82, 85-86/pp. 68, 74-81, 84, 86, 88-89)
15 Jan 1844
CARROLL lost most of ADAMS New Purchase attachment to creation of RICHARDVILLE (now HOWARD); RICHARDVILLE not fully organized, part attached to CARROLL for administrative and judicial purposes. A one-mile-wide remnant of ADAMS New Purchase between CARROLL and RICHARDVILLE remained attached to CARROLL. (Ind. Acts 1843, 28th sess., gen., ch. 3, secs. 1-2, 6/pp. 10-11)
01 May 1844
RICHARDVILLE (now HOWARD) fully organized, detached from CARROLL. (Ind. Acts 1843, 28th sess., gen., ch. 3, sec. 6/p. 11)
13 Jan 1845
CARROLL lost ADAMS New Purchase attachment to RICHARDVILLE (now HOWARD), mistakes in description corrected 13 January 1846. (Ind. Acts 1844, 29th sess., loc., ch. 126/p. 151)
13 Jan 1846
CARROLL boundaries were redefined, correcting mistake of 5 December 1842 and implicitly clarifying the boundary with WHITE. Boundary between CARROLL and RICHARDVILLE (now HOWARD) was redefined, correcting mistakes of 13 January 1845 [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1845, 30th sess., loc., chs. 237, 246/pp. 260, 264)

CASS

14 Apr 1829
CASS created from Non-County Area 11 attached to CARROLL, from part of ADAMS New Purchase attached to CARROLL, and from the small piece of WABASH New Purchase attached to CARROLL. Non-County Area 12 was attached to CASS. ADAMS New Purchase was detached from CARROLL, and part of ADAMS New Purchase was detached from HAMILTON, both areas were attached to CASS. All attachments were for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1828, 13th sess., ch. 19/p. 26 and ch. 20/p. 28)
01 Apr 1830
CASS lost part of Non-County Area 12 attachment to creation of ELKHART and ST. JOSEPH. (Ind. Acts 1829, 14th sess., ch. 23, secs. 1-2, 7-9, 14/pp. 28-31)
01 Apr 1831
CASS lost part of ADAMS New Purchase attachment to creation of GRANT; part of ADAMS New Purchase was detached from CASS and attached to GRANT. Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS lost to Non-County Area 13 attached to ELKHART and to Non-County Area 14 attached to ST. JOSEPH; also lost to creation of Non-County Area 15 attached to GRANT. (Ind. Acts 1830, 15th sess., spec., ch. 12, secs. 1-2, 7-8/pp. 16-18)
02 Feb 1832
CASS lost part of ADAMS New Purchase attachment and part of Non-County Area 12 attachment to creation of WABASH; WABASH not fully organized, part attached to CASS for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1831, 16th sess., ch. 119, secs. 1-2/pp. 112-113)
02 Apr 1832
CASS gained part of ADAMS New Purchase attached to CASS, lost to creation of MIAMI. CASS lost part of Non-County Area 12 attachment and remainder of ADAMS New Purchase attachment to creation of MIAMI; MIAMI not fully organized, attached to CASS for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1831, 16th sess., ch. 119, secs. 3, 5/p. 113)
30 Jan 1833
CASS boundaries were clarified [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1832, 17th sess., ch. 39/p. 38)
01 Mar 1834
CASS lost to MIAMI, and lost part of Non-County Area 12 attachment to MIAMI; MIAMI fully organized, detached from CASS. (Ind. Acts 1833, 18th sess., ch. 28/p. 64)
24 Dec 1834
Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS gained from Non-County Area 14 attached to ST. JOSEPH. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 57/p. 77)
07 Feb 1835
CASS lost part of Non-County Area 12 attachment to creation of FULTON, KOSCIUSKO, MARSHALL, PULASKI, and STARKE; new counties not fully organized, parts attached to CASS for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, sec. 10/p. 46)
01 Mar 1835
WABASH fully organized, detached from CASS. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 23/p. 42)
01 Apr 1836
FULTON and MARSHALL fully organized, detached from CASS. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 16, 17/pp. 48, 49)
01 Jun 1836
KOSCIUSKO fully organized, detached from CASS. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 21, sec. 1/p. 55)
17 Feb 1838
CASS gained part of Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS; lost remaining Non-County Area 12 attachment to FULTON, MIAMI, and WABASH. (Ind. Acts 1837, 22d sess., loc., ch. 61, secs. 41, 48, 50, 52, 64-66, 70-71, 75-78/pp. 241-266; Pence and Armstrong, 406)
16 Feb 1839
Part of ADAMS New Purchase (Great Miami Reservation) was attached to CASS for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1838, 23d sess., gen., ch. 63/p. 75)
06 May 1839
PULASKI fully organized, detached from CASS. (Ind. Acts 1838, 23d sess., gen., ch. 19/p. 34)
15 Jan 1844
CASS lost ADAMS New Purchase attachment to creation of RICHARDVILLE (now HOWARD) and TIPTON; RICHARDVILLE and TIPTON not fully organized, parts attached to CASS for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1843, 28th sess., gen., ch. 3, secs. 1-2, 6/pp. 10-11)
01 May 1844
RICHARDVILLE (now HOWARD) and TIPTON fully organized, detached from CASS. (Ind. Acts 1843, 28th sess., gen., ch. 3, sec. 6/p. 11)
15 Jan 1850
STARKE fully organized, detached from CASS. (Ind. Acts 1849, 34th sess., gen., ch. 258/p. 213)

CLARK

03 Feb 1801
CLARK created by Indiana Territory from KNOX; CLARK included a small area of present Ohio near Ft. Recovery. (Ind. Terr., Exec. Journal, 97)
01 Mar 1803
CLARK exchanged with HAMILTON (Ohio); CLARK eliminated from Ohio. (Ind. Terr., Exec. Journal, 114-115; Pence and Armstrong, 218; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 40 [1802], secs. 1-3/pp. 173-174; Van Zandt, 112)
07 Mar 1803
CLARK lost to creation of DEARBORN. (Ind. Terr., Exec. Journal, 116)
01 Dec 1808
CLARK lost to creation of HARRISON. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1801-1809, ch. 1/pp. 645-646)
10 Dec 1810
CLARK lost to HARRISON. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, ch. 21/pp. 126-127)
01 Jan 1811
CLARK lost to creation of FRANKLIN, JEFFERSON, and WAYNE; that part of CLARK north of Grouseland Treaty line implicitly reverted to non-county status as Non-County Area 2. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, chs. 6, 60/pp. 108-111, 190)
17 Jan 1814
CLARK lost to creation of WASHINGTON. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, ch. 10/pp. 446-448)
01 Jan 1816
CLARK lost to creation of JACKSON. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, ch. 1/pp. 601-603)
11 Dec 1816
CLARK became a county in Indiana when the state of Indiana was created from Indiana Territory and small parts of Illinois and Michigan Territories. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 57 [1816], secs. 1-2/p. 289 and res. 1 [1816]/p. 399; Van Zandt, 115)
01 Feb 1819
CLARK lost to creation of FLOYD; a small fragment of CLARK was left separate from rest of county by this creation. (Ind. Acts 1818, 3d sess., ch. 27, sec. 1/p. 99; Pence and Armstrong, 344)
01 Feb 1820
CLARK lost to creation of SCOTT. (Ind. Acts 1819, 4th sess., ch. 30, sec. 1/p. 51)
09 Jan 1821
CLARK lost the small fragment to FLOYD that was left separate from CLARK by the creation of FLOYD in 1819. (Ind. Acts 1820, 5th sess., ch. 46/p. 111)
08 Feb 1836
CLARK exchanged with JEFFERSON. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 48/p. 80)
02 Feb 1837
CLARK lost to JEFFERSON. (Ind. Acts 1836, 21st sess., gen., ch. 52/p. 97)
16 Feb 1839
CLARK lost small area to SCOTT. (Ind. Acts 1838, 23d sess., loc., ch. 249/p. 323)
05 Dec 1842
CLARK gained small area from SCOTT, exchanged with WASHINGTON, lost small area to FLOYD. (Ind. Rev. Stat. 1843, ch. 2, secs. 2, 26, 28-31, 36-37, 42-44, 61, 67, 77, 80-82, 85-86/pp. 68, 74-81, 84, 86, 88-89)
23 Apr 1844
CLARK lost small area to FLOYD. (Pence and Armstrong, 350)
14 Jan 1846
CLARK exchanged with WASHINGTON. (Ind. Acts 1845, 30th sess., gen., ch. 110/p. 111)
07 Mar 1873
CLARK exchanged with WASHINGTON. (Ind. Acts 1873, 48th sess., ch. 40/p. 105)
27 Mar 1979
Boundary between CLARK and WASHINGTON was redefined [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1979, 101st gen. assy., 1st reg. sess., pub. law no. 156/p. 714)

CLAY

01 Apr 1825
CLAY created from OWEN, PUTNAM, SULLIVAN, and VIGO. (Ind. Acts 1825, 9th sess., ch. 15/p. 17)

CLINTON

01 Mar 1830
CLINTON created from part of ADAMS New Purchase attached to TIPPECANOE and from part of WABASH New Purchase attached to TIPPECANOE. (Ind. Acts 1829, 14th sess., ch. 25/p. 33)
03 Mar 1859
CLINTON lost to HOWARD. (Pence and Armstrong, 292, 446)

CRAWFORD

01 Mar 1818
CRAWFORD created from HARRISON, ORANGE, and PERRY. (Ind. Acts 1817, 2d sess., spec., ch. 11, sec. 3/p. 27)
23 Jan 1827
CRAWFORD gained from PERRY. (Ind. Acts 1826, 11th sess., ch. 9/p. 12)

DAVIESS

15 Feb 1817
DAVIESS created from KNOX. (Ind. Acts 1816, 1st sess., ch. 43, secs. 1-2/p. 192)
01 Jan 1819
DAVIESS lost to creation of OWEN. (Ind. Acts 1818, 3d sess., ch. 26, secs. 1-2/p. 96)
01 Feb 1820
DAVIESS lost to creation of MARTIN. DAVIESS lost to creation of Non-County Area 5 when part of DAVIESS reverted to non-county status and was attached to DAVIESS for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1819, 4th sess., ch. 31, secs. 1-2/pp. 54-55 and ch. 63/p. 125)
05 Feb 1821
DAVIESS gained part of Non-County Area 5 attached to DAVIESS; lost remainder of attached Non-County Area 5 to creation of GREENE. (Ind. Acts 1820, 5th sess., ch. 49, secs. 1-2, 8/pp. 114, 117)
24 Jan 1828
DAVIESS lost to MARTIN. (Ind. Acts 1827, 12th sess., ch. 12, sec. 7/p. 17)

DEARBORN

07 Mar 1803
DEARBORN created by Indiana Territory from CLARK. (Ind. Terr., Exec. Journal, 116)
01 Jan 1811
DEARBORN lost to creation of FRANKLIN, JEFFERSON, and WAYNE. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, chs. 6, 60/pp. 108-111, 190)
01 Oct 1814
DEARBORN gained from JEFFERSON, lost to creation of SWITZERLAND. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, ch. 9/pp. 538-542)
11 Dec 1816
DEARBORN became a county in Indiana when the state of Indiana was created from Indiana Territory and small parts of Illinois and Michigan Territories. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 57 [1816], secs. 1-2/p. 289 and res. 1 [1816]/p. 399; Van Zandt, 115)
27 Dec 1816
DEARBORN lost to creation of RIPLEY; RIPLEY not fully organized, part attached to DEARBORN for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1816, 1st sess., ch. 45, sec. 10/p. 199)
10 Apr 1818
RIPLEY fully organized, detached from DEARBORN. (Ind. Acts 1817, 2d sess., spec., ch. 13/p. 32)
05 Dec 1842
DEARBORN boundaries were redefined; mistake in description corrected 13 January 1845 [no change]. (Ind. Rev. Stat. 1843, ch. 2, secs. 2, 26, 28-31, 36-37, 42-44, 61, 67, 77, 80-82, 85-86/pp. 68, 74-81, 84, 86, 88-89)
01 Mar 1844
DEARBORN lost to creation of OHIO; OHIO not fully organized, attached to DEARBORN for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1843, 28th sess., gen., ch. 2, secs. 1, 13/pp. 7, 9)
01 May 1844
OHIO fully organized, detached from DEARBORN. (Ind. Acts 1843, 28th sess., gen., ch. 2, sec. 4/p. 7)
07 Jan 1845
DEARBORN lost to OHIO. (Ind. Acts 1844, 29th sess., loc., ch. 230, secs. 1-2/p. 225)
13 Jan 1845
DEARBORN boundaries were clarified, correcting mistake of 5 December 1842 [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1844, 29th sess., loc., ch. 107/p. 136)

DECATUR

04 Mar 1822
DECATUR created from DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase); mistake in description corrected 24 January 1828. (Ind. Acts 1821, 6th sess., ch. 33, secs. 1-2/pp. 57-58)
24 Jan 1828
DECATUR boundaries were redefined, correcting mistake of 4 March 1822 [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1827, 12th sess., ch. 9/p. 13)

DE KALB

07 Feb 1835
DE KALB created from Non-County Area 8 attached to ALLEN and Non-County Area 16 attached to LAGRANGE; DE KALB not fully organized, parts attached to ALLEN and LAGRANGE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, sec. 4/p. 44)
01 May 1837
DE KALB fully organized, detached from ALLEN and LAGRANGE. (Ind. Acts 1836, 21st sess., gen., ch. 5/p. 57)

DELAWARE New Purchase (see ADAMS New Purchase)


DELAWARE

01 Apr 1827
DELAWARE created from part of DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) attached to RANDOLPH. (Ind. Acts 1826, 11th sess., ch. 10, secs. 1-2, 7/pp. 12-13)
24 Jan 1828
Parts of ADAMS New Purchase were detached from HAMILTON and RANDOLPH, and attached to DELAWARE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1827, 12th sess., ch. 10/p. 13)
01 Apr 1831
DELAWARE lost part of ADAMS New Purchase attachment to creation of GRANT. Boundaries of ADAMS New Purchase attached to DELAWARE were redefined [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1830, 15th sess., spec., ch. 12, secs. 1-2, 7-8/pp. 16-18)
07 Feb 1835
DELAWARE lost ADAMS New Purchase attachment to creation of JAY and WELLS; JAY and WELLS not fully organized, parts attached to DELAWARE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, sec. 3/p. 44)
01 Mar 1836
JAY fully organized, detached from DELAWARE. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 15/p. 47)
01 May 1837
WELLS fully organized, detached from DELAWARE. (Ind. Acts 1836, 21st sess., gen., ch. 6/p. 59)

DUBOIS

01 Feb 1818
DUBOIS created from PIKE. (Ind. Acts 1817, 2d sess., spec., ch. 7, secs. 1, 4/pp. 16, 18)
15 Feb 1818
DUBOIS lost to PERRY. (Ind. Acts 1817, 2d sess., spec., ch. 11, secs. 1-2/pp. 25-26)
01 Feb 1820
DUBOIS lost to creation of MARTIN. (Ind. Acts 1819, 4th sess., ch. 31, secs. 1-2/pp. 54-55 and ch. 63/p. 125)

ELKHART

01 Apr 1830
ELKHART created from Non-County Area 8 attached to ALLEN and Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS. Non-County Area 13 was attached to ELKHART for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1829, 14th sess., ch. 23, secs. 1-2, 7-9, 14/pp. 28-31)
01 Apr 1831
Non-County Area 13 attached to ELKHART gained from Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS, exchanged with Non-County Area 8 attached to ALLEN. (Ind. Acts 1830, 15th sess., spec., ch. 12, secs. 1-2, 7-8/pp. 16-18)
31 Jan 1832
ELKHART lost to ST. JOSEPH. (Ind. Acts 1831, 16th sess., ch. 120/p. 114)
02 Feb 1832
ELKHART gained from Non-County Area 13 attached to ELKHART. (Ind. Acts 1831, 16th sess., ch. 118/p. 112)
01 Apr 1832
ELKHART lost part of Non-County Area 13 attachment to creation of LAGRANGE and to creation of Non-County Area 16 attached to LAGRANGE. (Ind. Acts 1831, 16th sess., ch. 117, secs. 1-2, 7/pp. 110-111)
07 Feb 1835
ELKHART lost part of Non-County Area 13 attachment to creation of FULTON, KOSCIUSKO, MARSHALL, and WHITLEY; new counties not fully organized, parts attached to ELKHART for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, sec. 8/p. 45)
01 Jun 1835
ELKHART lost all of Non-County Area 13 attachment to creation of NOBLE; NOBLE not fully organized, part attached to ELKHART for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 24/p. 43)
06 Feb 1836
WHITLEY was detached from ELKHART and attached to HUNTINGTON for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 55/p. 84)
01 Mar 1836
NOBLE fully organized, detached from ELKHART. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 20/p. 54)
01 Apr 1836
ELKHART lost to MARSHALL. FULTON and MARSHALL fully organized, detached from ELKHART. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 17/p. 49)
01 Jun 1836
KOSCIUSKO fully organized, detached from ELKHART. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 21, sec. 1/p. 55)

Erie District (Mich. Terr.)

30 Jun 1805
The United States created Michigan Territory from Indiana Territory. On 3 July 1805, Erie District was created in Michigan Territory by Territorial Governor William Hull; included part of present Indiana and the area disputed with Ohio. This county precursor carried out many of the administrative and judicial functions of the territorial government. (Terr. Papers U.S., 10:5-7; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 5 [1805]/pp. 309-310; "Territorial Records," 118-121; Blume, 1:2-4)
11 Dec 1816
Erie District (Michigan Territory) was eliminated from Indiana when the state of Indiana was created from Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois Territories. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 57 [1816], secs. 1-2/p. 289 and res. 1 [1816]/p. 399; Van Zandt, 115)

FAYETTE

01 Jan 1819
FAYETTE created from FRANKLIN, WAYNE, and Non-County Area 4. (Ind. Acts 1818, 3d sess., ch. 28, secs. 1, 9/pp. 103, 106)
20 Jan 1820
DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) created from Non-County Area 4; DELAWARE New Purchase not fully organized, concurrently attached to FAYETTE and six other counties for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1819, 4th sess., ch. 54/p. 95)
01 Feb 1821
FAYETTE lost to creation of UNION. (Ind. Acts 1820, 5th sess., ch. 58, secs. 1, 8/pp. 126, 129)
12 Feb 1821
DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) was detached from concurrent jurisdiction of FAYETTE and six other counties and attached to BARTHOLOMEW for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1820, 5th sess., ch. 31, secs. 1-2, 8/pp. 79-80, 82 and ch. 32/p. 83)
06 Jan 1823
Boundary between FAYETTE and HENRY was clarified [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1822, 7th sess., ch. 68/p. 123)
16 Jan 1826
FAYETTE gained from FRANKLIN. (Ind. Acts 1825, 10th sess., ch. 7/p. 11)

FLOYD

01 Feb 1819
FLOYD created from CLARK and HARRISON. A small fragment of CLARK was left separate from rest of county by this creation. (Ind. Acts 1818, 3d sess., ch. 27, sec. 1/p. 99; Pence and Armstrong, 344)
09 Jan 1821
FLOYD gained the small fragment of CLARK that was left separate from CLARK by the creation of FLOYD in 1819. (Ind. Acts 1820, 5th sess., ch. 46/p. 111)
10 Jan 1823
FLOYD gained from HARRISON. (Ind. Acts 1822, 7th sess., ch. 44/p. 77)
05 Jan 1828
FLOYD gained all of Non-County Area 7; Non-County Area 7 eliminated. (Ind. Acts 1827, 12th sess., ch. 8/p. 12)
05 Dec 1842
FLOYD gained small area from CLARK when all county boundaries were redefined. (Ind. Rev. Stat. 1843, ch. 2, secs. 2, 26, 28-31, 36-37, 42-44, 61, 67, 77, 80-82, 85-86/pp. 68, 74-81, 84, 86, 88-89)
23 Apr 1844
FLOYD gained small area from CLARK. (Pence and Armstrong, 350)
07 Jun 1852
FLOYD gained small area from HARRISON along the Ohio River. (Ind. Rev. Stat. 1852, 1:ch. 14, secs. 23, 27, 31, 78, 86/pp. 174, 176-177, 192, 194)

FOUNTAIN

01 Apr 1826
FOUNTAIN created from MONTGOMERY and from parts of WABASH New Purchase attached to PARKE and VERMILLION. WABASH New Purchase attached to VERMILLION and most of WABASH New Purchase attached to PARKE were detached from those counties and attached to FOUNTAIN. All attachments were for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1825, 10th sess., ch. 9/p. 13)
01 Mar 1827
FOUNTAIN lost part of WABASH New Purchase attachment to creation of WARREN. (Ind. Acts 1826, 11th sess., ch. 11/p. 14)
31 Jul 1830
WABASH New Purchase was detached from FOUNTAIN and attached to WARREN for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1829, 14th sess., ch. 21/p. 26)

FRANKLIN

01 Jan 1811
FRANKLIN created by Indiana Territory from CLARK and DEARBORN. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, chs. 6, 60/pp. 108-111, 190)
11 Dec 1816
FRANKLIN became a county in Indiana when the state of Indiana was created from Indiana Territory and small parts of Illinois and Michigan Territories. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 57 [1816], secs. 1-2/p. 289 and res. 1 [1816]/p. 399; Van Zandt, 115)
01 Jan 1819
FRANKLIN lost to creation of FAYETTE. (Ind. Acts 1818, 3d sess., ch. 28, secs. 1, 9/pp. 103, 106)
20 Jan 1820
FRANKLIN gained from Non-County Area 4. DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) created from Non-County Area 4; DELAWARE New Purchase not fully organized, concurrently attached to FRANKLIN and six other counties for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1819, 4th sess., ch. 54/p. 95)
01 Feb 1821
FRANKLIN lost to creation of UNION. (Ind. Acts 1820, 5th sess., ch. 58, secs. 1, 8/pp. 126, 129)
12 Feb 1821
DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) was detached from concurrent jurisdiction of FRANKLIN and six other counties and attached to BARTHOLOMEW for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1820, 5th sess., ch. 31, secs. 1-2, 8/pp. 79-80, 82 and ch. 32/p. 83)
16 Jan 1826
FRANKLIN lost to FAYETTE and UNION. (Ind. Acts 1825, 10th sess., ch. 7/p. 11)

FULTON

07 Feb 1835
FULTON created from Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS and Non-County Area 13 attached to ELKHART; FULTON not fully organized, parts attached to CASS and ELKHART for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, sec. 8/p. 45)
01 Apr 1836
FULTON fully organized, detached from CASS and ELKHART. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 16/p. 48)
17 Feb 1838
FULTON gained from Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS. (Ind. Acts 1837, 22d sess., loc., ch. 61, secs. 41, 48, 50, 52, 64-66, 70-71, 75-78/pp. 241-266; Pence and Armstrong, 406)
24 Feb 1840
FULTON gained from KOSCIUSKO. (Ind. Acts 1839, 24th sess., loc., ch. 208/p. 229; Pence and Armstrong, 368)
05 Dec 1842
FULTON lost to KOSCIUSKO. (Ind. Rev. Stat. 1843, ch. 2, secs. 2, 26, 28-31, 36-37, 42-44, 61, 67, 77, 80-82, 85-86/pp. 68, 74-81, 84, 86, 88-89)
15 Jan 1844
FULTON gained from MIAMI; mistake in description corrected 13 January 1845. (Ind. Acts 1843, 28th sess., gen., ch. 61/p. 73)
13 Jan 1845
FULTON boundaries were clarified, correcting mistake of 15 January 1844 [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1844, 29th sess., loc., ch. 186/p. 191)
13 Jan 1846
FULTON gained from KOSCIUSKO. (Ind. Acts 1845, 30th sess., gen., ch. 78/p. 87)
31 Aug 1981
FULTON boundaries were clarified [no change]. (Ind. Secretary of State, correspondence, 13 Jul. 1990; Ind. Acts 1980, 101st gen. assy., 2d reg. sess., pub. law no. 212, secs. 1-2/pp. 1682-1685)

GIBSON

01 Apr 1813
GIBSON created by Indiana Territory from KNOX. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, ch. 23/pp. 348-350)
01 Nov 1814
GIBSON lost to creation of PERRY. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, ch. 7/pp. 529-533)
01 Feb 1816
GIBSON lost to creation of ORANGE. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, ch. 12/pp. 643-645)
01 Mar 1816
GIBSON lost small area to POSEY. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, ch. 3/pp. 604-605)
11 Dec 1816
GIBSON became a county in the state of Indiana when Indiana was created from Indiana Territory and small parts of Illinois and Michigan Territories. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 57 [1816], secs. 1-2/p. 289 and res. 1 [1816]/p. 399; Van Zandt, 115)
01 Feb 1817
GIBSON lost to POSEY and WARRICK, and lost to creation of PIKE. (Ind. Acts 1816, 1st sess., ch. 48, sec. 1/p. 202)
01 Feb 1818
GIBSON lost to creation of VANDERBURGH. (Ind. Acts 1817, 2d sess., spec., ch. 10, sec. 1/p. 22)
01 Feb 1822
GIBSON gained from POSEY. (Ind. Acts 1821, 6th sess., ch. 63/p. 120)
06 Jan 1823
GIBSON lost to POSEY. (Ind. Acts 1822, 7th sess., ch. 61/p. 116)
31 Jan 1824
GIBSON exchanged with PIKE, lost to WARRICK. (Ind. Rev. Laws 1824, ch. 17, secs. 8, 15, 17-19, 39, 48, 51/pp. 92-109 and ch. 21/p. 115)
03 Feb 1825
GIBSON gained from PIKE. (Ind. Acts 1825, 9th sess., ch. 13/p. 15)
05 Dec 1842
GIBSON gained from WARRICK. (Ind. Rev. Stat. 1843, ch. 2, secs. 2, 26, 28-31, 36-37, 42-44, 61, 67, 77, 80-82, 85-86/pp. 68, 74-81, 84, 86, 88-89)
13 Jan 1844
GIBSON lost to WARRICK. (Ind. Acts 1843, 28th sess., gen., ch. 81/p. 87)
18 Jan 1847
GIBSON gained from WARRICK. (Ind. Acts 1846, 31st sess., loc., ch. 188/p. 272)
07 Jun 1852
GIBSON lost to WARRICK. (Ind. Rev. Stat. 1852, 1:ch. 14, secs. 23, 27, 31, 78, 86/pp. 174, 176-177, 192, 194)

GRANT

01 Apr 1831
GRANT created from MADISON, from the unattached part of ADAMS New Purchase, and from parts of ADAMS New Purchase attached to CASS and DELAWARE. Non-County Area 15 was attached to GRANT. A small piece of unattached ADAMS New Purchase located between ALLEN and CASS was attached to GRANT. Parts of ADAMS New Purchase were detached from ALLEN and CASS, attached to GRANT. All attachments were for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1830, 15th sess., spec., ch. 12, secs. 1-2, 7-8/pp. 16-18)
02 Feb 1832
GRANT lost ADAMS New Purchase attachment and part of Non-County Area 15 attachment to creation of HUNTINGTON and WABASH; HUNTINGTON and WABASH not fully organized, parts attached to GRANT for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1831, 16th sess., ch. 119, secs. 1-2/pp. 112-113)
01 Feb 1834
HUNTINGTON fully organized, detached from GRANT. (Ind. Acts 1833, 18th sess., ch. 29/p. 65)
07 Feb 1835
GRANT lost part of Non-County Area 15 attachment to creation of KOSCIUSKO and WHITLEY; KOSCIUSKO and WHITLEY not fully organized, parts attached to GRANT for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, sec. 7/p. 45)
01 Mar 1835
WABASH fully organized, detached from GRANT. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 23/p. 42)
06 Feb 1836
WHITLEY was detached from GRANT and attached to HUNTINGTON for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 55/p. 84)
01 Jun 1836
KOSCIUSKO fully organized, detached from GRANT. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 21, sec. 1/p. 55)
17 Feb 1838
GRANT lost to MADISON; GRANT lost all of Non-County Area 15 attachment to WABASH. (Ind. Acts 1837, 22d sess., loc., ch. 61, secs. 41, 48, 50, 52, 64-66, 70-71, 75-78/pp. 241-266; Pence and Armstrong, 406)

GREENE

05 Feb 1821
GREENE created from SULLIVAN and from Non-County Area 5 attached to DAVIESS. (Ind. Acts 1820, 5th sess., ch. 49, secs. 1-2, 8/pp. 114, 117)
17 Feb 1838
Legislature authorized MONROE to gain from GREENE, dependent on local referendum that failed [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1837, 22d sess., loc., ch. 261/p. 432; Pence and Armstrong, 406)

HAMILTON (Ohio)

22 Jun 1798
As a Northwest Territory county, HAMILTON (Ohio, created in 1790), gained from KNOX in present Indiana and Ohio. (Terr. Papers U.S., 3:509)
20 Aug 1798
HAMILTON (Ohio) lost to creation of ROSS (Ohio); area within present Indiana was unchanged. (Terr. Papers U.S., 3:510)
01 Sep 1798
HAMILTON (Ohio) lost to ADAMS (Ohio); area within present Indiana was unchanged. (Terr. Papers U.S., 3:510-511)
06 Dec 1800
HAMILTON (Ohio) lost to creation of CLERMONT (Ohio); area within present Indiana was unchanged. (Terr. Papers U.S., 3:526)
01 Mar 1803
HAMILTON (Ohio) gained from KNOX, exchanged with CLARK when Congress created the state of Ohio from Northwest Territory and Indiana Territory; HAMILTON (Ohio) eliminated from present Indiana. (Ind. Terr., Exec. Journal, 114-115; Pence and Armstrong, 218; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 40 [1802], secs. 1-3/pp. 173-174; Van Zandt, 112)

HAMILTON

07 Apr 1823
HAMILTON created from the unattached part of DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) and from part of DELAWARE New Purchase attached to MARION. (Ind. Acts 1822, 7th sess., ch. 52, secs. 1-2/p. 100)
13 Jan 1826
Part of DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) was attached to HAMILTON for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1825, 10th sess., ch. 73, secs. 3-4/p. 81)
26 Jan 1827
HAMILTON lost part of DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) attachment to MADISON. (Ind. Acts 1826, 11th sess., ch. 91/p. 84)
24 Jan 1828
Part of ADAMS New Purchase was detached from HAMILTON and attached to DELAWARE, HENDRICKS, and TIPPECANOE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1827, 12th sess., ch. 10/p. 13)
01 Apr 1828
HAMILTON lost part of ADAMS New Purchase attachment to creation of CARROLL; part of ADAMS New Purchase was detached from HAMILTON and attached to CARROLL for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1827, 12th sess., ch. 16/p. 21 and ch. 10, secs. 3, 6/p. 14)
14 Apr 1829
Part of ADAMS New Purchase was detached from HAMILTON and attached to CASS for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1828, 13th sess., ch. 19/p. 26 and ch. 20/p. 28)
29 Jan 1830
Part of ADAMS New Purchase was detached from HAMILTON and remained unattached. (Ind. Acts 1829, 14th sess., ch. 13/p. 22)
16 Feb 1839
Part of ADAMS New Purchase (Great Miami Reservation) was attached to HAMILTON for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1838, 23d sess., gen., ch. 63/p. 75)
15 Jan 1844
HAMILTON lost ADAMS New Purchase attachment to creation of TIPTON; TIPTON not fully organized, part attached to HAMILTON for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1843, 28th sess., gen., ch. 3, secs. 1-2, 6/pp. 10-11)
01 May 1844
TIPTON fully organized, detached from HAMILTON. (Ind. Acts 1843, 28th sess., gen., ch. 3, sec. 6/p. 11)

HANCOCK

26 Jan 1827
HANCOCK created from MADISON. HANCOCK not fully organized, attached to MADISON for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1826, 11th sess., ch. 91/p. 84)
01 Mar 1828
HANCOCK fully organized, detached from MADISON. (Ind. Acts 1827, 12th sess., ch. 15/p. 19)
15 Jan 1833
Boundaries of HANCOCK with HENRY and MADISON were redefined [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1832, 17th sess., ch. 20/p. 20)

HARRISON

01 Dec 1808
HARRISON created by Indiana Territory from CLARK and KNOX. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1801-1809, ch. 1/pp. 645-646)
10 Dec 1810
HARRISON gained from CLARK. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, ch. 21/pp. 126-127)
17 Jan 1814
HARRISON lost to creation of WASHINGTON. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, ch. 10/pp. 446-448)
11 Dec 1816
HARRISON became a county in the state of Indiana when Indiana was created from Indiana Territory and small parts of Illinois and Michigan Territories. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 57 [1816], secs. 1-2/p. 289 and res. 1 [1816]/p. 399; Van Zandt, 115)
01 Feb 1818
HARRISON lost to PERRY. (Ind. Acts 1817, 2d sess., spec., ch. 12, secs. 1, 5/pp. 29, 32)
15 Feb 1818
HARRISON lost to ORANGE. (Ind. Acts 1817, 2d sess., spec., ch. 11, secs. 1-2/pp. 25-26)
01 Mar 1818
HARRISON lost to creation of CRAWFORD. (Ind. Acts 1817, 2d sess., spec., ch. 11, sec. 3/p. 27)
01 Feb 1819
HARRISON lost to creation of FLOYD. (Ind. Acts 1818, 3d sess., ch. 27, sec. 1/p. 99; Pence and Armstrong, 344)
10 Jan 1823
HARRISON lost to FLOYD. (Ind. Acts 1822, 7th sess., ch. 44/p. 77)
31 Jan 1824
HARRISON lost to creation of Non-County Area 7 when all county boundaries were redefined. (Ind. Rev. Laws 1824, ch. 17, secs. 8, 15, 17-19, 39, 48, 51/pp. 92-109 and ch. 21/p. 115)
07 Jun 1852
HARRISON lost small area to FLOYD along the Ohio River. (Ind. Rev. Stat. 1852, 1:ch. 14, secs. 23, 27, 31, 78, 86/pp. 174, 176-177, 192, 194)

HENDRICKS

01 Apr 1824
HENDRICKS created from DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) and from part of WABASH New Purchase attached to PUTNAM. (Ind. Rev. Laws 1824, ch. 19, sec. 1/p. 111)
24 Jan 1828
Part of ADAMS New Purchase was detached from HAMILTON and part of WABASH New Purchase was detached from PUTNAM and both were attached to HENDRICKS for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1827, 12th sess., ch. 10/p. 13)
01 Apr 1830
HENDRICKS lost ADAMS New Purchase attachment and WABASH New Purchase attachment to creation of BOONE. (Ind. Acts 1829, 14th sess., ch. 24, secs. 1-2/p. 31)
10 Feb 1831
HENDRICKS lost small area to MARION. (Ind. Rev. Laws 1831, ch. 19, secs. 17, 39, 57, 61-62/pp. 115, 121, 126-128)
06 Jun 1868
HENDRICKS gained from MORGAN. (Pence and Armstrong, 432, 618)

HENRY

01 Jun 1822
HENRY created from DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase). (Ind. Acts 1821, 6th sess., ch. 60, sec. 1/p. 115)
06 Jan 1823
Boundary between HENRY and FAYETTE was clarified [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1822, 7th sess., ch. 68/p. 123)
11 Jan 1823
HENRY gained from WAYNE. (Ind. Acts 1822, 7th sess., ch. 85/p. 138)
22 Jan 1824
HENRY lost to WAYNE. (Ind. Acts 1823, 8th sess., spec., ch. 29/p. 51)
26 Jan 1827
HENRY gained from WAYNE. (Ind. Acts 1826, 11th sess., ch. 8/p. 11)
15 Jan 1833
Boundaries of HENRY with HANCOCK and MADISON were redefined [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1832, 17th sess., ch. 20/p. 20)

HOWARD

15 Jan 1844
RICHARDVILLE (now HOWARD) created from parts of ADAMS New Purchase attached to CARROLL, CASS, and MIAMI; RICHARDVILLE not fully organized, parts attached to CARROLL, CASS, and MIAMI for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1843, 28th sess., gen., ch. 3, secs. 1-2, 6/pp. 10-11)
01 May 1844
RICHARDVILLE (now HOWARD) fully organized, detached from CARROLL, CASS, and MIAMI. (Ind. Acts 1843, 28th sess., gen., ch. 3, sec. 6/p. 11)
13 Jan 1845
RICHARDVILLE (now HOWARD) gained all of ADAMS New Purchase attached to CARROLL; mistakes in description corrected 13 January 1846. (Ind. Acts 1844, 29th sess., loc., ch. 126/p. 151)
13 Jan 1846
Boundary between RICHARDVILLE (now HOWARD) and CARROLL was redefined, correcting mistakes of 13 January 1845 [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1845, 30th sess., loc., ch. 237/p. 260)
28 Dec 1846
RICHARDVILLE renamed HOWARD. (Ind. Acts 1846, 31st sess., loc., ch. 168/p. 261)
03 Mar 1859
HOWARD gained from CLINTON. (Pence and Armstrong, 292, 446)

HUNTINGTON

02 Feb 1832
HUNTINGTON created from parts of ADAMS New Purchase attached to ALLEN and GRANT, and from Non-County Area 8 attached to ALLEN, and Non-County Area 15 attached to GRANT. HUNTINGTON not fully organized, parts attached to ALLEN and GRANT for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1831, 16th sess., ch. 119, secs. 1-2/pp. 112-113)
01 Feb 1834
HUNTINGTON fully organized, detached from ALLEN and GRANT. (Ind. Acts 1833, 18th sess., ch. 29/p. 65)
06 Feb 1836
WHITLEY was detached from ALLEN, ELKHART, and GRANT; attached to HUNTINGTON for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 55/p. 84)
01 Apr 1838
WHITLEY fully organized, detached from HUNTINGTON. (Ind. Acts 1837, 22d sess., loc., ch. 230/p. 408)

ILLINOIS (Va., extinct)

09 Dec 1778
ILLINOIS County (Va., extinct) created by Virginia to encompass all territory north and west of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River claimed by Virginia on the basis of its 1609 charter. ILLINOIS County including all of present Indiana. (Hening, 9:552-555, 10:303-304; Robinson, 55)
01 Mar 1784
Virginia ceded to the United States its charter claims to territory "northwestward of the river Ohio"; ILLINOIS County (Va.) eliminated. Other state claims in the area were effectively eliminated by 1787. (Cappon, Petchenik, and Long, 62, 130-131; Hening, 11:571-575)

Indiana Territory

04 Jul 1800
The United States created Indiana Territory from the Northwest Territory; included all of present Illinois and Wisconsin, most of present Indiana, and parts of present Michigan, Minnesota, and Ohio. Map depicts non-county area in Indiana Territory. (Terr. Papers U.S., 3:86-88; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 41 [1800]/pp. 58-59)
03 Feb 1801
Non-county area in Indiana Territory lost to KNOX and ST. CLAIR (Ill.); all non-county area in Indiana Territory eliminated. (Ind. Terr., Exec. Journal, 98-100; Pence and Armstrong, 212, 520)
30 Jun 1805
Indiana Territory lost to creation of Michigan Territory. Non-county area in Indiana Territory included parts of present Illinois and Wisconsin on the west side of Lake Michigan, and part of the Upper Peninsula of present Michigan. (Terr. Papers U.S., 10:5-7; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 5 [1805]/pp. 309-310)
01 Mar 1809
Indiana Territory lost to creation of Illinois Territory; map depicts non-county area in Indiana Territory. (Terr. Papers U.S., 16:6-8; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 13 [1809], sec. 1/p. 514)
11 Dec 1816
Non-county area of Indiana Territory, located in present Michigan and Wisconsin, reverted to unorganized federal territory when the state of Indiana was created. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 57 [1816], secs. 1-2/p. 289 and res. 1 [1816]/p. 399; Van Zandt, 115)

JACKSON

01 Jan 1816
JACKSON created by Indiana Territory from CLARK, JEFFERSON, and WASHINGTON. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, ch. 1/pp. 601-603)
11 Dec 1816
JACKSON became a county in the state of Indiana when Indiana was created from Indiana Territory and small parts of Illinois and Michigan Territories. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 57 [1816], secs. 1-2/p. 289 and res. 1 [1816]/p. 399; Van Zandt, 115)
01 Feb 1817
JACKSON lost to creation of JENNINGS. (Ind. Acts 1816, 1st sess., ch. 45, secs. 1-2, 8/pp. 197, 199)
07 Jan 1819
JACKSON gained from Non-County Area 4. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, ch. 1, sec. 6/p. 603; Pence and Armstrong, 454)
20 Jan 1820
JACKSON lost to JENNINGS. DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) created from Non-County Area 4; DELAWARE New Purchase not fully organized, concurrently attached to JACKSON and six other counties for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1819, 4th sess., ch. 54/p. 95)
01 Feb 1820
JACKSON lost to creation of SCOTT. (Ind. Acts 1819, 4th sess., ch. 30, sec. 1/p. 51)
12 Feb 1821
JACKSON lost to creation of BARTHOLOMEW; DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) was detached from concurrent jurisdiction of JACKSON and six other counties and attached to BARTHOLOMEW for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1820, 5th sess., ch. 31, secs. 1-2, 8/pp. 79-80, 82 and ch. 32/p. 83)
01 Jan 1823
JACKSON lost to LAWRENCE. (Ind. Acts 1822, 7th sess., ch. 19/p. 27)
31 Jan 1824
JACKSON lost to DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) when all county boundaries were redefined. (Ind. Rev. Laws 1824, ch. 17, secs. 8, 15, 17-19, 39, 48, 51/pp. 92-109 and ch. 21/p. 115)
16 Jan 1828
JACKSON gained from ADAMS New Purchase. (Ind. Acts 1827, 12th sess., ch. 11/p. 15)
01 Apr 1836
JACKSON lost to creation of BROWN. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 19, secs. 1-2/p. 52)
05 Dec 1842
JACKSON gained all of Non-County Area 18; Non-County Area 18 eliminated. (Ind. Rev. Stat. 1843, ch. 2, secs. 2, 26, 28-31, 36-37, 42-44, 61, 67, 77, 80-82, 85-86/pp. 68, 74-81, 84, 86, 88-89)
08 Jun 1859
JACKSON lost to LAWRENCE. (Pence and Armstrong, 470, 568)

JASPER

07 Feb 1835
JASPER created from parts of WABASH New Purchase attached to WARREN and WHITE, and from Non-County Area 4 attached to WARREN, and Non-County Area 17 attached to WHITE; JASPER not fully organized, parts attached to WARREN and WHITE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, sec. 12/p. 46)
15 Mar 1838
JASPER fully organized, detached from WARREN and WHITE. (Ind. Acts 1837, 22d sess., loc., ch. 64/p. 268)
03 Jun 1839
JASPER gained all of NEWTON; NEWTON eliminated. (Ind. Acts 1838, 23d sess., gen., ch. 74/p. 83; Pence and Armstrong, 474)
18 Feb 1840
JASPER lost to creation of BENTON. (Ind. Acts 1839, 24th sess., gen., ch. 40/p. 62)
10 Feb 1841
JASPER gained from WHITE. (Ind. Acts 1840, 25th sess., gen., ch. 53/p. 135)
08 Dec 1859
JASPER lost to re-creation of NEWTON. (Ind. Stat. of the State, 1:ch. 43/p. 212; Pence and Armstrong, 111-112)
08 Mar 1923
Northern boundary of JASPER along Kankakee River was adjusted to match ditching of streambed [not mapped]. (Ind. Acts 1923, 73d sess., reg., ch. 164, secs. 1-3/pp. 464-465)

JAY

07 Feb 1835
JAY created from parts of ADAMS New Purchase attached to DELAWARE and RANDOLPH; JAY not fully organized, parts attached to DELAWARE and RANDOLPH for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, sec. 3/p. 44)
01 Mar 1836
JAY fully organized, detached from DELAWARE and RANDOLPH. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 15/p. 47)
02 Apr 1838
JAY lost to creation of BLACKFORD; BLACKFORD not fully organized, attached to JAY for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1837, 22d sess., loc., ch. 97/p. 290)
29 Jan 1839
BLACKFORD fully organized, detached from JAY. (Ind. Acts 1838, 23d sess., gen., ch. 49/p. 64)
20 Feb 1840
JAY boundaries were redefined [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1839, 24th sess., gen., ch. 60/p. 79)

JEFFERSON

01 Jan 1811
JEFFERSON created by Indiana Territory from CLARK and DEARBORN. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, chs. 2, 60/pp. 104-105, 190)
01 Oct 1814
JEFFERSON lost to DEARBORN and lost to creation of SWITZERLAND. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, ch. 9/pp. 538-542)
01 Jan 1816
JEFFERSON lost to creation of JACKSON. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, ch. 1/pp. 601-603)
11 Dec 1816
JEFFERSON became a county in the state of Indiana when Indiana was created from Indiana Territory and small parts of Illinois and Michigan Territories. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 57 [1816], secs. 1-2/p. 289 and res. 1 [1816]/p. 399; Van Zandt, 115)
27 Dec 1816
JEFFERSON lost to creation of RIPLEY; RIPLEY not fully organized, part attached to JEFFERSON for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1816, 1st sess., ch. 45, sec. 10/p. 199)
01 Feb 1817
JEFFERSON lost to creation of JENNINGS; RIPLEY was detached from JEFFERSON and attached to JENNINGS for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1816, 1st sess., ch. 45, secs. 1-2, 8/pp. 197, 199)
01 Feb 1820
JEFFERSON lost to creation of SCOTT. (Ind. Acts 1819, 4th sess., ch. 30, sec. 1/p. 51)
22 Jan 1830
JEFFERSON lost to SCOTT. (Ind. Acts 1829, 14th sess., ch. 12/p. 21)
25 Jan 1830
JEFFERSON lost small area in the town of Paris to JENNINGS. (Ind. Acts 1829, 14th sess., ch. 11/p. 20)
06 Feb 1835
JEFFERSON lost small area to JENNINGS. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 59/p. 78)
08 Feb 1836
JEFFERSON exchanged with CLARK. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 48/p. 80)
02 Feb 1837
JEFFERSON gained from CLARK. (Ind. Acts 1836, 21st sess., gen., ch. 52/p. 97)
13 Feb 1851
JEFFERSON lost small area to SCOTT. (Ind. Acts 1850, 35th sess., gen., ch. 34/p. 58)

JENNINGS

01 Feb 1817
JENNINGS created from JACKSON and JEFFERSON; RIPLEY was detached from JEFFERSON and attached to JENNINGS for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1816, 1st sess., ch. 45, secs. 1-2, 8/pp. 197, 199)
10 Apr 1818
RIPLEY fully organized, detached from JENNINGS. (Ind. Acts 1817, 2d sess., spec., ch. 13/p. 32)
20 Jan 1820
JENNINGS gained from JACKSON and Non-County Area 4; DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) created from Non-County Area 4; DELAWARE New Purchase not fully organized, concurrently attached to JENNINGS and six other counties for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1819, 4th sess., ch. 54/p. 95)
01 Feb 1820
JENNINGS lost to creation of SCOTT. (Ind. Acts 1819, 4th sess., ch. 30, sec. 1/p. 51)
12 Feb 1821
DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) was detached from concurrent jurisdiction of JENNINGS and six other counties and attached to BARTHOLOMEW for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1820, 5th sess., ch. 31, secs. 1-2, 8/pp. 79-80, 82 and ch. 32/p. 83)
25 Jan 1830
JENNINGS gained small area in the town of Paris from JEFFERSON. (Ind. Acts 1829, 14th sess., ch. 11/p. 20)
06 Feb 1835
JENNINGS gained small area from JEFFERSON. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 59/p. 78)

JOHNSON

05 May 1823
JOHNSON created from the unattached part of DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase); mistake in description corrected 2 February 1832. (Ind. Acts 1822, 7th sess., ch. 15, sec. 1/p. 22)
02 Feb 1832
JOHNSON boundaries were redefined, correcting mistake of 5 May 1823 [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1831, 16th sess., ch. 176/p. 267)

KNOX

20 Jun 1790
KNOX created by Northwest Territory from non-county area; KNOX included all of present Indiana, plus parts of present Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. (Terr. Papers U.S., 3:313)
15 Aug 1796
KNOX lost to creation of WAYNE (Northwest Territory, extinct). (Terr. Papers U.S., 2:567-568, and 3:447; Pence and Armstrong, 216)
22 Jun 1798
KNOX lost to HAMILTON (Ohio) in present Indiana and Ohio. (Terr. Papers U.S., 3:509)
04 Jul 1800
KNOX became a county in Indiana Territory when the United States created Indiana Territory from the Northwest Territory. (Terr. Papers U.S., 3:86-88; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 41 [1800]/pp. 58-59)
03 Feb 1801
KNOX gained from non-county area in Indiana Territory, including parts of present Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio; lost to RANDOLPH (Ill.) and ST. CLAIR (Ill.), and lost to creation of CLARK. (Ind. Terr., Exec. Journal, 98-100; Pence and Armstrong, 212, 520)
01 Mar 1803
KNOX lost to HAMILTON (Ohio), to non-county area of Ohio, and to creation of WAYNE (Indiana Territory, extinct) when the state of Ohio was created from the Northwest Territory and Indiana Territory; KNOX eliminated from Ohio. (Ind. Terr., Exec. Journal, 114-115; Pence and Armstrong, 218; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 40 [1802], secs. 1-3/pp. 173-174; Van Zandt, 112)
01 Dec 1808
KNOX lost to creation of HARRISON. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1801-1809, ch. 1/pp. 645-646)
01 Mar 1809
KNOX lost to creation of Illinois Territory. (Terr. Papers U.S., 16:6-8; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 13 [1809], sec. 1/p. 514)
01 Jan 1811
KNOX lost to creation of WAYNE. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, chs. 6, 60/pp. 108-111, 190)
01 Apr 1813
KNOX lost to creation of GIBSON and WARRICK. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, ch. 23/pp. 348-350)
01 Sep 1814
KNOX lost to WASHINGTON. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, ch. 5/pp. 526-527)
01 Feb 1816
KNOX lost to creation of ORANGE. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, ch. 12/pp. 643-645)
11 Dec 1816
KNOX exchanged small areas along the Wabash River with Illinois Territory when the state of Indiana was created from Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan Territories. KNOX became a county in the state of Indiana. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 57 [1816], secs. 1-2/p. 289 and res. 1 [1816]/p. 399; Van Zandt, 115)
15 Jan 1817
KNOX lost to creation of SULLIVAN; all of KNOX north of Indian boundary line reverted to non-county status and became part of Non-County Area 4. (Ind. Acts 1816, 1st sess., ch. 49, secs. 1-2, 5/pp. 205, 207)
01 Feb 1817
KNOX lost to creation of PIKE. (Ind. Acts 1816, 1st sess., ch. 51, secs. 1-2, 8/pp. 208-210)
15 Feb 1817
KNOX lost to creation of DAVIESS. (Ind. Acts 1816, 1st sess., ch. 43, secs. 1-2/p. 192)
05 Dec 1842
KNOX lost small area to SULLIVAN. (Ind. Rev. Stat. 1843, ch. 2, secs. 2, 26, 28-31, 36-37, 42-44, 61, 67, 77, 80-82, 85-86/pp. 68, 74-81, 84, 86, 88-89)

KOSCIUSKO

07 Feb 1835
KOSCIUSKO created from Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS, Non-County Area 13 attached to ELKHART, and Non-County Area 15 attached to GRANT; KOSCIUSKO not fully organized, parts attached to CASS, ELKHART, and GRANT for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, sec. 7/p. 45)
01 Jun 1836
KOSCIUSKO fully organized, detached from CASS, ELKHART, and GRANT. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 21, sec. 1/p. 55)
24 Feb 1840
KOSCIUSKO lost to FULTON. (Ind. Acts 1839, 24th sess., loc., ch. 208/p. 229; Pence and Armstrong, 368)
05 Dec 1842
KOSCIUSKO gained from FULTON. (Ind. Rev. Stat. 1843, ch. 2, secs. 2, 26, 28-31, 36-37, 42-44, 61, 67, 77, 80-82, 85-86/pp. 68, 74-81, 84, 86, 88-89)
13 Jan 1846
KOSCIUSKO lost to FULTON. (Ind. Acts 1845, 30th sess., gen., ch. 78/p. 87)

LAGRANGE

01 Apr 1832
LAGRANGE created from Non-County Area 8 attached to ALLEN and Non-County Area 13 attached to ELKHART; Non-County Area 16 attached to LAGRANGE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1831, 16th sess., ch. 117, secs. 1-2, 7/pp. 110-111)
07 Feb 1835
LAGRANGE lost part of Non-County Area 16 attachment to creation of DE KALB and STEUBEN; DE KALB and STEUBEN not fully organized, all of STEUBEN and part of DE KALB attached to LAGRANGE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, sec. 4-5/pp. 44-45)
01 Jun 1835
LAGRANGE lost all of Non-County Area 16 attachment to creation of NOBLE; NOBLE not fully organized, part attached to LAGRANGE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 24/p. 43)
01 Mar 1836
NOBLE fully organized, detached from LAGRANGE. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 20/p. 54)
01 May 1837
DE KALB and STEUBEN fully organized, detached from LAGRANGE. (Ind. Acts 1836, 21st sess., gen., ch. 4, 5/pp. 56, 57)

LAKE

01 Feb 1836
LAKE created from PORTER and from that part of NEWTON attached to ST. JOSEPH and WHITE; LAKE not fully organized, not attached. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 18/p. 51)
06 Feb 1836
LAKE attached to PORTER for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 55/p. 84)
15 Feb 1837
LAKE fully organized, detached from PORTER. (Ind. Acts 1836, 21st sess., gen., ch. 3/p. 55)
17 Feb 1838
Northern boundary of NEWTON was redefined, which would have created a dispute with LAKE, but change never took effect; corrected 11 February 1839. (Ind. Acts 1837, 22d sess., loc., ch. 61, secs. 41, 48, 50, 52, 64-66, 70-71, 75-78/pp. 241-266; Pence and Armstrong, 406)
11 Feb 1839
Boundary between LAKE and NEWTON was redefined, correcting mistake of 17 February 1838 [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1838, 23d sess., gen., ch. 53/p. 68)
16 Feb 1839
LAKE boundaries were redefined [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1838, 23d sess., gen., ch. 56/p. 70)
05 Dec 1842
LAKE lost to non-county area over the waters of Lake Michigan when its jurisdiction was restricted to land [not mapped]. (Ind. Rev. Stat. 1843, ch. 2, secs. 2, 26, 28-31, 36-37, 42-44, 61, 67, 77, 80-82, 85-86/pp. 68, 74-81, 84, 86, 88-89)
10 Feb 1851
LAKE gained from non-county area over the waters of Lake Michigan when the county line was extended to the northern boundary of Indiana [not mapped]. (Ind. Acts 1850, 35th sess., gen., ch. 35/p. 58)
08 Mar 1923
Southern boundary of LAKE along Kankakee River was adjusted to match ditching of streambed [not mapped]. (Ind. Acts 1923, 73d sess., reg., ch. 164, secs. 1-3/pp. 464-465)

LA PORTE

01 Apr 1832
LA PORTE created from ST. JOSEPH and from Non-County Area 14 attached to ST. JOSEPH. (Ind. Acts 1831, 16th sess., ch. 2/p. 9)
16 Feb 1839
LA PORTE gained from ST. JOSEPH and from Non-County Area 14 attached to ST. JOSEPH. (Ind. Acts 1838, 23d sess., gen., ch. 56/p. 70)
29 Jan 1842
LA PORTE gained from part of STARKE attached to ST. JOSEPH. (Ind. Acts 1841, 26th sess., gen., ch. 147/p. 152)
05 Dec 1842
LA PORTE lost to non-county area over the waters of Lake Michigan when its jurisdiction was restricted to land [not mapped]. (Ind. Rev. Stat. 1843, ch. 2, secs. 2, 26, 28-31, 36-37, 42-44, 61, 67, 77, 80-82, 85-86/pp. 68, 74-81, 84, 86, 88-89)
04 Jul 1850
LA PORTE gained from ST. JOSEPH. (Ind. Acts 1849, 34th sess., gen., ch. 141/p. 114)
10 Feb 1851
LA PORTE gained from non-county area over the waters of Lake Michigan when the county line was extended to the northern boundary of Indiana [not mapped]. (Ind. Acts 1850, 35th sess., gen., ch. 35/p. 58)
02 Mar 1925
Southern boundary of LA PORTE along Kankakee River was adjusted to match ditching of streambed [not mapped]. (Ind. Acts 1925, 74th sess., ch. 41, secs. 1-3/pp. 122-123)
09 Mar 1931
LA PORTE exchanged small areas with ST. JOSEPH. (Ind. Acts 1931, 77th sess., ch. 115, secs. 1-4/pp. 450-452)

LAWRENCE

16 Mar 1818
LAWRENCE created from ORANGE. (Ind. Acts 1817, 2d sess., spec., ch. 5, secs. 1-2/p. 12)
01 Jan 1823
LAWRENCE gained from JACKSON. (Ind. Acts 1822, 7th sess., ch. 19/p. 27)
08 Jun 1859
LAWRENCE gained from JACKSON. (Pence and Armstrong, 470, 568)

MADISON

01 Jul 1823
MADISON created from the unattached part of DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) and from part of DELAWARE New Purchase attached to MARION. (Ind. Acts 1822, 7th sess., ch. 50, sec. 1/p. 94)
26 Jan 1824
MADISON lost to DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase). (Ind. Acts 1823, 8th sess., spec., ch. 28/p. 51)
13 Jan 1826
Northern boundary of MADISON was redefined [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1825, 10th sess., ch. 73, secs. 3-4/p. 81)
26 Jan 1827
MADISON gained from parts of DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) attached to HAMILTON and RANDOLPH, lost to creation of HANCOCK. HANCOCK not fully organized, attached to MADISON for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1826, 11th sess., ch. 91/p. 84)
01 Mar 1828
HANCOCK fully organized, detached from MADISON. (Ind. Acts 1827, 12th sess., ch. 15/p. 19)
01 Apr 1831
MADISON gained from part of ADAMS New Purchase, lost to creation of GRANT. (Ind. Acts 1830, 15th sess., spec., ch. 12, secs. 1-2, 7-8/pp. 16-18)
15 Jan 1833
Boundaries of MADISON with HANCOCK and HENRY were redefined [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1832, 17th sess., ch. 20/p. 20)
17 Feb 1838
MADISON gained from GRANT. (Ind. Acts 1837, 22d sess., loc., ch. 62/p. 266)

MARION

01 Apr 1822
MARION created from DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase); part of DELAWARE New Purchase attached to MARION for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1821, 6th sess., ch. 72, secs. 1, 3, 7/pp. 135-136, 138)
07 Apr 1823
MARION lost part of DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) attachment to creation of HAMILTON. (Ind. Acts 1822, 7th sess., ch. 52, secs. 1-2/p. 100)
01 Jul 1823
MARION lost all of DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) attachment to creation of MADISON. (Ind. Acts 1822, 7th sess., ch. 50, sec. 1/p. 94)
07 Jan 1824
MARION boundaries were clarified [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1823, 8th sess., spec., ch. 30/p. 52)
12 Feb 1825
Part of DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) was attached to MARION for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1825, 9th sess., ch. 12/p. 15)
01 Apr 1830
MARION lost ADAMS New Purchase attachment to creation of BOONE. (Ind. Acts 1829, 14th sess., ch. 24, secs. 1-2/p. 31)
10 Feb 1831
MARION gained small area from HENDRICKS. (Ind. Rev. Laws 1831, ch. 19, secs. 17, 39, 57, 61-62/pp. 115, 121, 126-128)

MARSHALL

07 Feb 1835
MARSHALL created from ST. JOSEPH and from Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS, Non-County Area 13 attached to ELKHART, and Non-County Area 14 attached to ST. JOSEPH; MARSHALL not fully organized, parts attached to CASS, ELKHART, and ST. JOSEPH for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, sec. 9/p. 46)
01 Apr 1836
MARSHALL gained from ELKHART and ST. JOSEPH; MARSHALL fully organized, detached from CASS, ELKHART, and ST. JOSEPH. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 17/p. 49)
17 Feb 1838
MARSHALL boundaries were redefined, implying changes that never took effect; corrected 16 February 1839. (Ind. Acts 1837, 22d sess., loc., ch. 61, secs. 41, 48, 50, 52, 64-66, 70-71, 75-78/pp. 241-266; Pence and Armstrong, 406)
16 Feb 1839
MARSHALL boundaries were redefined, correcting mistake of 17 February 1838 [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1838, 23d sess., gen., ch. 56/p. 70)
31 Aug 1981
MARSHALL boundaries were clarified [no change]. (Ind. Secretary of State, correspondence, 13 Jul. 1990; Ind. Acts 1980, 101st gen. assy., 2d reg. sess., pub. law no. 212, secs. 1-2/pp. 1682-1685)

MARTIN

01 Feb 1820
MARTIN created from DAVIESS and DUBOIS. (Ind. Acts 1819, 4th sess., ch. 31, secs. 1-2/pp. 54-55 and ch. 63/p. 125)
24 Jan 1828
MARTIN gained from DAVIESS. (Ind. Acts 1827, 12th sess., ch. 12, sec. 7/p. 17)

MIAMI

02 Apr 1832
MIAMI created from CASS, from Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS, and from part of ADAMS New Purchase attached to CASS; MIAMI not fully organized, attached to CASS for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1831, 16th sess., ch. 119, secs. 3, 5/p. 113)
30 Jan 1833
MIAMI boundaries were clarified [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1832, 17th sess., ch. 39/p. 38)
01 Mar 1834
MIAMI gained from CASS and from Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS; MIAMI fully organized, detached from CASS. (Ind. Acts 1833, 18th sess., ch. 28/p. 64)
17 Feb 1838
MIAMI gained from Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS. (Ind. Acts 1837, 22d sess., loc., ch. 61, secs. 41, 48, 50, 52, 64-66, 70-71, 75-78/pp. 241-266; Pence and Armstrong, 406)
16 Feb 1839
Part of ADAMS New Purchase (Great Miami Reservation) was attached to MIAMI for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1838, 23d sess., gen., ch. 63/p. 75)
15 Jan 1844
MIAMI lost to FULTON. MIAMI lost ADAMS New Purchase attachment to creation of RICHARDVILLE (now HOWARD) and TIPTON; RICHARDVILLE and TIPTON not fully organized, parts attached to MIAMI for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1843, 28th sess., gen., ch. 3, secs. 1-2, 6/pp. 10-11; ch. 61/p. 73)
01 May 1844
RICHARDVILLE (now HOWARD) and TIPTON fully organized, detached from MIAMI. (Ind. Acts 1843, 28th sess., gen., ch. 3, sec. 6/p. 11)

MONROE

10 Apr 1818
MONROE created from ORANGE. (Ind. Acts 1817, 2d sess., spec., ch. 6, sec. 1/p. 14)
20 Jan 1820
WABASH New Purchase created from Non-County Area 4; WABASH New Purchase not fully organized, concurrently attached to MONROE, OWEN, and VIGO for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1819, 4th sess., ch. 54/p. 95)
09 Jan 1821
WABASH New Purchase was detached from OWEN and VIGO and attached to MONROE only for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1820, 5th sess., ch. 32, sec. 2/p. 84)
02 Apr 1821
MONROE lost part of WABASH New Purchase attachment to creation of PARKE. (Ind. Acts 1820, 5th sess., ch. 24, secs. 1-2/p. 63)
31 Dec 1821
MONROE gained from part of DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) attached to BARTHOLOMEW and from part of WABASH New Purchase attached to MONROE. MONROE lost to OWEN and lost to creation of Non-County Area 6. MONROE lost part of WABASH New Purchase attachment to OWEN. WABASH New Purchase remained attached to MONROE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1821, 6th sess., ch. 41/p. 79)
02 Jan 1822
Western part of WABASH New Purchase was detached from MONROE and attached to PARKE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1821, 6th sess., ch. 61/p. 118)
15 Feb 1822
MONROE lost part of WABASH New Purchase attachment to creation of MORGAN. (Ind. Acts 1821, 6th sess., ch. 24, sec. 1/p. 35)
01 Apr 1822
MONROE lost part of WABASH New Purchase attachment to creation of PUTNAM; remaining part of WABASH New Purchase was detached from MONROE and attached to PUTNAM for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1821, 6th sess., ch. 36, secs. 1-2/p. 65 and ch. 61/p. 118)
16 Jan 1828
MONROE gained from ADAMS New Purchase; mistake in description corrected 23 December 1828. (Ind. Acts 1827, 12th sess., ch. 11/p. 15)
23 Dec 1828
MONROE boundaries were redefined, correcting mistake of 16 January 1828 [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1828, 13th sess., ch. 8/p. 15)
10 Feb 1831
MONROE gained all of Non-County Area 6; Non-County Area 6 eliminated. (Ind. Rev. Laws 1831, ch. 19, secs. 17, 39, 57, 61-62/pp. 115, 121, 126-128)
01 Apr 1836
MONROE lost to creation of BROWN. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 19, secs. 1-2/p. 52)
17 Feb 1838
Legislature authorized MONROE to gain from GREENE, dependent on local referendum that failed [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1837, 22d sess., loc., ch. 261/p. 432; Pence and Armstrong, 406)

MONTGOMERY

01 Mar 1823
MONTGOMERY created from parts of WABASH New Purchase attached to PARKE and PUTNAM. (Ind. Acts 1822, 7th sess., ch. 6, secs. 1-2/p. 7)
02 Jan 1824
MONTGOMERY lost to PARKE. (Ind. Acts 1823, 8th sess., spec., ch. 31, sec. 1/p. 53)
01 Apr 1826
MONTGOMERY lost to creation of FOUNTAIN. (Ind. Acts 1825, 10th sess., ch. 9/p. 13)

MORGAN

15 Feb 1822
MORGAN created from part of DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) and from part of WABASH New Purchase attached to MONROE. (Ind. Acts 1821, 6th sess., ch. 24, sec. 1/p. 35)
11 Mar 1861
MORGAN lost to PUTNAM. (Ind. Acts 1861, 41st sess., reg., ch. 43/p. 98)
06 Jun 1868
MORGAN lost to HENDRICKS. (Pence and Armstrong, 432, 618)

NEWTON

07 Feb 1835
NEWTON created from Non-County Area 14 attached to ST. JOSEPH, Non-County Area 4 attached to WARREN, and Non-County Area 17 attached to WHITE; NEWTON not fully organized, parts attached to ST. JOSEPH, WARREN, and WHITE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, sec. 13/p. 46)
01 Feb 1836
NEWTON lost to PORTER and lost to creation of LAKE. As a result of this change NEWTON's attachment to ST. JOSEPH effectively ended, although a small piece of the attached area remained between the north line of township 32 and the Kankakee River. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 18/p. 51)
17 Feb 1838
Attachment of NEWTON to WHITE for administrative and judicial purposes was confirmed [no change]. Northern boundary of NEWTON was redefined, which would have created a dispute with LAKE and PORTER, but change never took effect; [corrected 11 February 1839]. (Ind. Acts 1837, 22d sess., loc., ch. 64, sec. 3/p. 268)
11 Feb 1839
Boundary line separating NEWTON from LAKE and PORTER was redefined, correcting mistake of 17 February 1838 [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1838, 23d sess., gen., ch. 53/p. 68)
03 Jun 1839
NEWTON lost all territory to JASPER; NEWTON eliminated. (Ind. Acts 1838, 23d sess., gen., ch. 74/p. 83; Pence and Armstrong, 474)
08 Dec 1859
NEWTON re-created from JASPER with different boundaries from those of original NEWTON. (Ind. Stat. of the State, 1:ch. 43/p. 212; Pence and Armstrong, 111-112)
08 Mar 1923
Northern boundary of NEWTON along Kankakee River was adjusted to match ditching of streambed [not mapped]. (Ind. Acts 1923, 73d sess., reg., ch. 164, secs. 1-3/pp. 464-465)

NOBLE

01 Jun 1835
NOBLE created from Non-County Area 8 attached to ALLEN, Non-County Area 13 attached to ELKHART, and Non-County Area 16 attached to LAGRANGE; NOBLE not fully organized, parts attached to ALLEN, ELKHART, and LAGRANGE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 24/p. 43)
01 Mar 1836
NOBLE fully organized, detached from ALLEN, ELKHART, and LAGRANGE. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 20/p. 54)
11 Jun 1859
NOBLE lost to WHITLEY. (Pence and Armstrong, 630, 864)

Non-County Area 1

01 Mar 1809
Non-County Area 1 created when Illinois Territory was created from Indiana Territory. (Terr. Papers U.S., 16:6-8; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 13 [1809], sec. 1/p. 514)
15 Jan 1817
Non-County Area 1 lost all territory to creation of Non-County Area 4; Non-County Area 1 eliminated. (Ind. Acts 1816, 1st sess., ch. 49, secs. 1-2, 5/pp. 205, 207)

Non-County Area 2

01 Jan 1811
Non-County Area 2 created from CLARK in the area north of the Grouseland Treaty line. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, chs. 6, 60/pp. 108-111, 190)
15 Jan 1817
Non-County Area 2 lost all territory to creation of Non-County Area 4; Non-County Area 2 eliminated. (Ind. Acts 1816, 1st sess., ch. 49, secs. 1-2, 5/pp. 205, 207)

Non-County Area 3

11 Dec 1816
Non-County Area 3 created from Erie District in Michigan Territory when the state of Indiana was created from Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois Territories. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 57 [1816], secs. 1-2/p. 289 and res. 1 [1816]/p. 399; Van Zandt, 115)
15 Jan 1817
Non-County Area 3 lost all territory to creation of Non-County Area 4; Non-County Area 3 eliminated. (Ind. Acts 1816, 1st sess., ch. 49, secs. 1-2, 5/pp. 205, 207)

Non-County Area 4

15 Jan 1817
Non-County Area 4 created from that part of KNOX north of the Indian boundary line, and from Non-County Areas 1,2, and 3. (Ind. Acts 1816, 1st sess., ch. 49, secs. 1-2, 5/pp. 205, 207)
01 Jan 1819
Non-County Area 4 exchanged with WAYNE, lost to creation of FAYETTE. (Ind. Acts 1818, 3d sess., ch. 28, secs. 1, 9/pp. 103, 106)
07 Jan 1819
Non-County Area 4 lost to JACKSON. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, ch. 1, sec. 6/p. 603; Pence and Armstrong, 454)
20 Jan 1820
Non-County Area 4 lost to creation of DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) and WABASH New Purchase; and lost to FRANKLIN, JENNINGS, and RANDOLPH. (Ind. Acts 1819, 4th sess., ch. 54/p. 95)
01 Apr 1824
Non-County Area 4 lost to creation of ALLEN, and to creation of Non-County Areas 8 and 9. (Ind. Rev. Laws 1824, ch. 18, secs. 1, 8/pp. 109-110)
01 Mar 1826
Non-County Area 4 lost to creation of TIPPECANOE. (Ind. Acts 1825, 10th sess., ch. 10/p. 14)
24 Jan 1828
Non-County Area 4 lost to Non-County Area 8. (Ind. Acts 1827, 12th sess., ch. 10/p. 13)
01 Apr 1828
Non-County Area 4 lost to creation of CARROLL, and lost to creation of Non-County Areas 10 and 11. (Ind. Acts 1827, 12th sess., ch. 16/p. 21 and ch. 10, secs. 3, 6/p. 14)
01 Apr 1830
Non-County Area 4 lost to creation of Non-County Area 14, which was attached to ST. JOSEPH. (Ind. Acts 1829, 14th sess., ch. 24, secs. 1-2/p. 31)
01 Apr 1831
Non-County Area 4 lost to Non-County Area 14 attached to ST. JOSEPH; Non-County Area 4 attached to WARREN for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1830, 15th sess., spec., ch. 12, secs. 1-2, 7-8/pp. 16-18)
01 Apr 1834
Non-County Area 4 attached to WARREN lost to creation of Non-County Area 17 attached to WHITE. (Ind. Acts 1833, 18th sess., ch. 30/p. 67)
24 Dec 1834
Non-County Area 4 attached to WARREN lost to Non-County Area 17 attached to WHITE. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 57/p. 77)
31 Jan 1835
Non-County Area 4 attached to WARREN gained from Non-County Area 17 attached to WHITE. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 69/p. 86)
07 Feb 1835
Non-County Area 4 attached to WARREN lost all territory to creation of JASPER and NEWTON; Non-County Area 4 eliminated. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, sec. 12/p. 46)

Non-County Area 5

01 Feb 1820
Non-County Area 5 created from DAVIESS; Non-County Area 5 attached to DAVIESS for adminstrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1819, 4th sess., ch. 31, secs. 1-2/pp. 54-55 and ch. 63/p. 125)
05 Feb 1821
Non-County Area 5 attached to DAVIESS lost all territory to DAVIESS and to creation of GREENE; Non-County Area 5 eliminated. (Ind. Acts 1820, 5th sess., ch. 49, secs. 1-2, 8/pp. 114, 117)

Non-County Area 6

31 Dec 1821
Non-County Area 6 created from MONROE and WABASH New Purchase attached to MONROE when a small area was left outside county jurisdiction. (Ind. Acts 1821, 6th sess., ch. 41/p. 79)
10 Feb 1831
Non-County Area 6 lost all territory to MONROE; Non-County Area 6 eliminated. (Ind. Rev. Laws 1831, ch. 19, secs. 17, 39, 57, 61-62/pp. 115, 121, 126-128)

Non-County Area 7

31 Jan 1824
Non-County Area 7 created from HARRISON when all county boundaries were redefined. (Ind. Rev. Laws 1824, ch. 17, secs. 8, 15, 17-19, 39, 48, 51/pp. 92-109 and ch. 21/p. 115)
05 Jan 1828
Non-County Area 7 lost all territory to FLOYD; Non-County Area 7 eliminated. (Ind. Acts 1827, 12th sess., ch. 8/p. 12)

Non-County Area 8

01 Apr 1824
Non-County Area 8 created from Non-County Area 4; Non-County Area 8 was attached to ALLEN for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Rev. Laws 1824, ch. 18, secs. 1, 8/pp. 109-110)
24 Jan 1828
Non-County Area 8 gained from Non-County Area 4 and remained attached to ALLEN for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1827, 12th sess., ch. 10/p. 13)
01 Apr 1828
Non-County Area 8 attached to ALLEN lost to creation of Non-County Area 11. (Ind. Acts 1827, 12th sess., ch. 16/p. 21 and ch. 10, secs. 3, 6/p. 14)
14 Apr 1829
Non-County Area 8 attached to ALLEN lost to creation of Non-County Area 12, which was attached to CASS. (Ind. Acts 1828, 13th sess., ch. 19/p. 26 and ch. 20/p. 28)
01 Apr 1830
Non-County Area 8 attached to ALLEN lost to creation of ELKHART and to creation of Non-County Area 13, which was attached to ELKHART. (Ind. Acts 1829, 14th sess., ch. 23, secs. 1-2, 7-9, 14/pp. 28-31)
01 Apr 1831
Non-County Area 8 attached to ALLEN exchanged with Non-County Area 13 attached to ELKHART, lost to creation of Non-County Area 15 attached to GRANT. (Ind. Acts 1830, 15th sess., spec., ch. 12, secs. 1-2, 7-8/pp. 16-18)
02 Feb 1832
Non-County Area 8 attached to ALLEN lost to creation of HUNTINGTON. (Ind. Acts 1831, 16th sess., ch. 119, secs. 1-2/pp. 112-113)
01 Apr 1832
Non-County Area 8 attached to ALLEN lost to creation of LAGRANGE and to creation of Non-County Area 16 attached to LAGRANGE. (Ind. Acts 1831, 16th sess., ch. 117, secs. 1-2, 7/pp. 110-111)
07 Feb 1835
Non-County Area 8 attached to ALLEN lost to creation of DE KALB and WHITLEY. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, sec. 4/p. 44)
01 Jun 1835
Non-County Area 8 attached to ALLEN lost all territory to creation of NOBLE; Non-County Area 8 eliminated. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 24/p. 43)

Non-County Area 9

01 Apr 1824
Non-County Area 9 created from Non-County Area 4; Non-County Area 9 was attached to ALLEN for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Rev. Laws 1824, ch. 18, secs. 1, 8/pp. 109-110)
07 Feb 1835
Non-County Area 9 attached to ALLEN lost all territory to creation of ADAMS; Non-County Area 9 eliminated. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, sec. 1/p. 44)

Non-County Area 10

01 Apr 1828
Non-County Area 10 created from Non-County Area 4. Non-County Area 10 concurrently attached to CARROLL and TIPPECANOE. (Ind. Acts 1827, 12th sess., ch. 16/p. 21 and ch. 10, secs. 3, 6/p. 14)
14 Apr 1829
Non-County Area 10 (concurrently attached to CARROLL and TIPPECANOE) lost to creation of Non-County Area 12, which was attached to CASS for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1828, 13th sess., ch. 19/p. 26 and ch. 20/p. 28)
01 Apr 1830
Non-County Area 10 (concurrently attached to CARROLL and TIPPECANOE) lost to creation of ST. JOSEPH and to creation of Non-County Area 14, which was attached to ST. JOSEPH. (Ind. Acts 1829, 14th sess., ch. 24, secs. 1-2/p. 31)
01 Apr 1831
Non-County Area 10 gained all of Non-County Area 11, lost to Non-County Area 14 attached to ST. JOSEPH. Non-County Area 10 was detached from concurrent jurisdiction of CARROLL and TIPPECANOE, and attached to CARROLL only. (Ind. Acts 1830, 15th sess., spec., ch. 12, secs. 1-2, 7-8/pp. 16-18)
01 Apr 1834
Non-County Area 10 attached to CARROLL lost to creation of WHITE. (Ind. Acts 1833, 18th sess., ch. 30/p. 67)
24 Dec 1834
Non-County Area 10 attached to CARROLL lost all territory to Non-County Area 17 attached to WHITE. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 57/p. 77)

Non-County Area 11

01 Apr 1828
Non-County Area 11 created from WABASH New Purchase, Non-County Area 4, and Non-County Area 8 attached to ALLEN; Non-County Area 11 was attached to CARROLL for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1827, 12th sess., ch. 16/p. 21 and ch. 10, secs. 3, 6/p. 14; Pence and Armstrong, 244)
14 Apr 1829
Non-County Area 11 attached to CARROLL lost to creation of CASS and to creation of Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS. (Ind. Acts 1828, 13th sess., ch. 19/p. 26 and ch. 20/p. 28)
01 Apr 1831
Non-County Area 11 attached to CARROLL lost all territory to Non-County Area 10; Non-County Area 11 eliminated. (Ind. Acts 1830, 15th sess., spec., ch. 12, secs. 1-2, 7-8/pp. 16-18)

Non-County Area 12

14 Apr 1829
Non-County Area 12 created from Non-County Area 8 attached to ALLEN, Non-County Area 10 concurrently attached to CARROLL and TIPPECANOE, and from Non-County Area 11 attached to CARROLL. Non-County Area 12 was attached to CASS for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1828, 13th sess., ch. 19/p. 26 and ch. 20/p. 28)
01 Apr 1830
Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS lost to creation of ELKHART and ST. JOSEPH. (Ind. Acts 1829, 14th sess., ch. 23, secs. 1-2, 7-9, 14/pp. 28-31)
01 Apr 1831
Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS lost to Non-County Area 13 attached to ELKHART and to Non-County Area 14 attached to ST. JOSEPH; also lost to creation of Non-County Area 15 attached to GRANT. (Ind. Acts 1830, 15th sess., spec., ch. 12, secs. 1-2, 7-8/pp. 16-18)
02 Feb 1832
Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS lost to creation of WABASH. (Ind. Acts 1831, 16th sess., ch. 119, secs. 1-2/pp. 112-113)
02 Apr 1832
Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS lost to creation of MIAMI. (Ind. Acts 1831, 16th sess., ch. 119, secs. 3, 5/p. 113)
01 Mar 1834
Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS lost to MIAMI. (Ind. Acts 1833, 18th sess., ch. 28/p. 64)
24 Dec 1834
Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS gained from Non-County Area 14 attached to ST. JOSEPH. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 57/p. 77)
07 Feb 1835
Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS lost to creation of FULTON, KOSCIUSKO, MARSHALL, PULASKI, and STARKE. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, sec. 7/p. 45)
17 Feb 1838
Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS lost all territory to CASS, FULTON, MIAMI, and WABASH; Non-County Area 12 eliminated. (Ind. Acts 1837, 22d sess., loc., ch. 61, secs. 41, 48, 50, 52, 64-66, 70-71, 75-78/pp. 241-266; Pence and Armstrong, 406)

Non-County Area 13

01 Apr 1830
Non-County Area 13 created from Non-County Area 8 attached to ALLEN; Non-County Area 13 attached to ELKHART for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1829, 14th sess., ch. 23, secs. 1-2, 7-9, 14/pp. 28-31)
01 Apr 1831
Non-County Area 13 attached to ELKHART gained from Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS, exchanged with Non-County Area 8 attached to ALLEN. (Ind. Acts 1830, 15th sess., spec., ch. 12, secs. 1-2, 7-8/pp. 16-18)
02 Feb 1832
Non-County Area 13 attached to ELKHART lost to ELKHART. (Ind. Acts 1831, 16th sess., ch. 118/p. 112)
01 Apr 1832
Non-County Area 13 attached to ELKHART lost to creation of LAGRANGE and to creation of Non-County Area 16 attached to LAGRANGE. (Ind. Acts 1831, 16th sess., ch. 117, secs. 1-2, 7/pp. 110-111)
07 Feb 1835
Non-County Area 13 attached to ELKHART lost to creation of FULTON, KOSCIUSKO, MARSHALL, and WHITLEY. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, sec. 8/p. 45)
01 Jun 1835
Non-County Area 13 attached to ELKHART lost all territory to creation of NOBLE; Non-County Area 13 eliminated. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 24/p. 43)

Non-County Area 14

01 Apr 1830
Non-County Area 14 created from Non-County Area 4 and Non-County Area 10 (concurrently attached to CARROLL and TIPPECANOE); Non-County Area 14 attached to ST. JOSEPH for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1829, 14th sess., ch. 24, secs. 1-2/p. 31)
01 Apr 1831
Non-County Area 14 attached to ST. JOSEPH gained from Non-County Area 4, Non-County Area 10 concurrently attached to CARROLL and TIPPECANOE, and from Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS. (Ind. Acts 1830, 15th sess., spec., ch. 12, secs. 1-2, 7-8/pp. 16-18)
01 Apr 1832
Non-County Area 14 attached to ST. JOSEPH lost to creation of LA PORTE. (Ind. Acts 1831, 16th sess., ch. 2/p. 9)
24 Dec 1834
Non-County Area 14 attached to ST. JOSEPH lost to Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS, and Non-County Area 17 attached to WHITE. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 57/p. 77)
07 Feb 1835
Non-County Area 14 attached to ST. JOSEPH lost to creation of MARSHALL, NEWTON, PORTER, and STARKE. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, sec. 9/p. 46)
16 Feb 1839
Non-County Area 14 attached to ST. JOSEPH lost all territory to LA PORTE; Non-County Area 14 eliminated. (Ind. Acts 1838, 23d sess., gen., ch. 56/p. 70)

Non-County Area 15

01 Apr 1831
Non-County Area 15 created from Non-County Area 8 attached to ALLEN and Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS. Non-County Area 15 was attached to GRANT for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1830, 15th sess., spec., ch. 12, secs. 1-2, 7-8/pp. 16-18)
02 Feb 1832
Non-County Area 15 attached to GRANT lost to creation of HUNTINGTON and WABASH. (Ind. Acts 1831, 16th sess., ch. 119, secs. 1-2/pp. 112-113)
07 Feb 1835
Non-County Area 15 attached to GRANT lost to creation of KOSCIUSKO and WHITLEY. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, sec. 6/p. 45)
17 Feb 1838
Non-County Area 15 attached to GRANT lost all territory to WABASH; Non-County Area 15 eliminated. (Ind. Acts 1837, 22d sess., loc., ch. 61, secs. 41, 48, 50, 52, 64-66, 70-71, 75-78/pp. 241-266; Pence and Armstrong, 406)

Non-County Area 16

01 Apr 1832
Non-County Area 16 created from Non-County Area 8 attached to ALLEN and Non-County Area 13 attached to ELKHART. Non-County Area 16 attached to LAGRANGE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1831, 16th sess., ch. 117, secs. 1-2, 7/pp. 110-111)
07 Feb 1835
Non-County Area 16 attached to LAGRANGE lost to creation of DE KALB and STEUBEN. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, sec. 5/p. 45)
01 Jun 1835
Non-County Area 16 attached to LAGRANGE lost all territory to creation of NOBLE; Non-County Area 16 eliminated. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 24/p. 43)

Non-County Area 17

01 Apr 1834
Non-County Area 17 created from Non-County Area 4 attached to WARREN. Non-County Area 17 attached to WHITE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1833, 18th sess., ch. 30/p. 67)
24 Dec 1834
Non-County Area 17 attached to WHITE gained from Non-County Area 10 attached to CARROLL, Non-County Area 14 attached to ST. JOSEPH, and Non-County Area 4 attached to WARREN. Non-County Area 10 eliminated. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 57/p. 77)
31 Jan 1835
Non-County Area 17 attached to WHITE lost to Non-County Area 4 attached to WARREN. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 69/p. 86)
07 Feb 1835
Non-County Area 17 attached to WHITE lost to creation of JASPER, NEWTON, PULASKI, and STARKE. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, sec. 11/p. 46)
17 Feb 1838
Non-County Area 17 attached to WHITE lost all territory to WHITE; Non-County Area 17 eliminated. (Ind. Acts 1837, 22d sess., loc., ch. 61, secs. 41, 48, 50, 52, 64-66, 70-71, 75-78/pp. 241-266; Pence and Armstrong, 406)

Non-County Area 18

17 Feb 1838
Non-County Area 18 created from BARTHOLOMEW. (Ind. Acts 1837, 22d sess., loc., ch. 61, secs. 41, 48, 50, 52, 64-66, 70-71, 75-78/pp. 241-266; Pence and Armstrong, 406)
05 Dec 1842
Non-County Area 18 lost all territory to JACKSON; Non-County Area 18 eliminated. (Ind. Rev. Stat. 1843, ch. 2, secs. 2, 26, 28-31, 36-37, 42-44, 61, 67, 77, 80-82, 85-86/pp. 68, 74-81, 84, 86, 88-89)

Northwest Territory

13 Jul 1787
The United States created the Territory of the United States Northwest of the River Ohio (Northwest Territory) from unorganized federal territory to govern all territory west of Pennsylvania, north of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River, to which states had ceded their colonial charter claims. Map depicts non-county area of the Northwest Territory in present Indiana. (Terr. Papers U.S., 2:39-50)
20 Jun 1790
KNOX created by Northwest Territory from non-county area; included all of present Indiana, plus parts of present Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Eliminated all non-county area of the Northwest Territory in present Indiana. (Terr. Papers U.S., 3:313)

OHIO

01 Mar 1844
OHIO created from DEARBORN; OHIO not fully organized, attached to DEARBORN for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1843, 28th sess., gen., ch. 2, secs. 1, 13/pp. 7, 9)
01 May 1844
OHIO fully organized, detached from DEARBORN. (Ind. Acts 1843, 28th sess., gen., ch. 2, sec. 4/p. 7)
07 Jan 1845
OHIO gained from DEARBORN. (Ind. Acts 1844, 29th sess., loc., ch. 230, secs. 1-2/p. 225)

ORANGE

01 Feb 1816
ORANGE created by Indiana Territory from GIBSON, KNOX, and WASHINGTON. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, ch. 12/pp. 643-645)
11 Dec 1816
ORANGE became a county in Indiana when the state of Indiana was created from Indiana Territory and small parts of Illinois and Michigan Territories. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 57 [1816], secs. 1-2/p. 289 and res. 1 [1816]/p. 399; Van Zandt, 115)
15 Feb 1818
ORANGE gained from HARRISON. (Ind. Acts 1817, 2d sess., spec., ch. 11, secs. 1-2/pp. 25-26)
01 Mar 1818
ORANGE lost to creation of CRAWFORD. (Ind. Acts 1817, 2d sess., spec., ch. 11, sec. 3/p. 27)
16 Mar 1818
ORANGE lost to creation of LAWRENCE; ORANGE was temporarily divided in 2 parts. (Ind. Acts 1817, 2d sess., spec., ch. 5, secs. 1-2/p. 12)
10 Apr 1818
ORANGE lost to creation of MONROE. (Ind. Acts 1817, 2d sess., spec., ch. 6, sec. 1/p. 14)

OWEN

01 Jan 1819
OWEN created from DAVIESS and SULLIVAN. (Ind. Acts 1818, 3d sess., ch. 26, secs. 1-2/p. 96)
20 Jan 1820
WABASH New Purchase created from Non-County Area 4; WABASH New Purchase not fully organized, concurrently attached to MONROE, OWEN, and VIGO for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1819, 4th sess., ch. 54/p. 95)
09 Jan 1821
WABASH New Purchase was detached from OWEN and VIGO and attached to MONROE only for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1820, 5th sess., ch. 32, sec. 2/p. 84)
31 Dec 1821
OWEN gained from MONROE and from part of WABASH New Purchase attached to MONROE. (Ind. Acts 1821, 6th sess., ch. 41/p. 79)
01 Apr 1822
OWEN lost to creation of PUTNAM. (Ind. Acts 1821, 6th sess., ch. 36, secs. 1-2/p. 65 and ch. 61/p. 118)
21 Dec 1822
OWEN exchanged with PUTNAM. (Ind. Acts 1822, 7th sess., ch. 5/p. 5)
01 Apr 1825
OWEN lost to creation of CLAY. (Ind. Acts 1825, 9th sess., ch. 15/p. 17)

PARKE

02 Apr 1821
PARKE created from VIGO and from part of WABASH New Purchase attached to MONROE. (Ind. Acts 1820, 5th sess., ch. 24, secs. 1-2/p. 63)
02 Jan 1822
Western part of WABASH New Purchase was detached from MONROE and attached to PARKE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1821, 6th sess., ch. 61/p. 118)
01 Apr 1822
PARKE lost part of WABASH New Purchase attachment to creation of PUTNAM. (Ind. Acts 1821, 6th sess., ch. 36, secs. 1-2/p. 65 and ch. 61/p. 118)
21 Dec 1822
PARKE lost part of WABASH New Purchase attachment to PUTNAM. (Ind. Acts 1822, 7th sess., ch. 5/p. 5)
01 Mar 1823
PARKE lost part of WABASH New Purchase attachment to creation of MONTGOMERY. (Ind. Acts 1822, 7th sess., ch. 6, secs. 1-2/p. 7)
02 Jan 1824
PARKE gained from MONTGOMERY and PUTNAM. (Ind. Acts 1823, 8th sess., spec., ch. 31, sec. 1/p. 53)
01 Feb 1824
PARKE lost to creation of VERMILLION. PARKE lost part of WABASH New Purchase attachment to creation of VERMILLION; part of WABASH New Purchase was detached from PARKE and attached to VERMILLION for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Rev. Laws 1824, ch. 20, secs. 1-2, 8/pp. 113, 115)
01 Mar 1826
PARKE lost part of WABASH New Purchase attachment to creation of TIPPECANOE. (Ind. Acts 1825, 10th sess., ch. 10/p. 14)
01 Apr 1826
PARKE lost part of WABASH New Purchase attachment to creation of FOUNTAIN; most of WABASH New Purchase attached to PARKE was detached from PARKE and attached to FOUNTAIN for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1825, 10th sess., ch. 9/p. 13)
31 Jul 1830
WABASH New Purchase was detached from PARKE and attached to CARROLL for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1829, 14th sess., ch. 21/p. 26)

PERRY

01 Nov 1814
PERRY created by Indiana Territory from GIBSON and WARRICK. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, ch. 7/pp. 529-533)
11 Dec 1816
PERRY became a county in Indiana when the state of Indiana was created from Indiana Territory and small parts of Illinois and Michigan Territories. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 57 [1816], secs. 1-2/p. 289 and res. 1 [1816]/p. 399; Van Zandt, 115)
01 Feb 1817
PERRY lost to creation of PIKE. (Ind. Acts 1816, 1st sess., ch. 51, secs. 1-2, 8/pp. 208-210)
01 Feb 1818
PERRY gained from HARRISON, lost to creation of SPENCER. (Ind. Acts 1817, 2d sess., spec., ch. 9, sec. 1/p. 20; ch. 12, secs. 1, 5/pp. 29, 32)
15 Feb 1818
PERRY gained from DUBOIS. (Ind. Acts 1817, 2d sess., spec., ch. 11, secs. 1-2/pp. 25-26)
01 Mar 1818
PERRY lost to creation of CRAWFORD. (Ind. Acts 1817, 2d sess., spec., ch. 11, sec. 3/p. 27)
23 Jan 1827
PERRY lost to CRAWFORD. (Ind. Acts 1826, 11th sess., ch. 9/p. 12)
27 May 1852
Legislature authorized creation of a new unnamed county from PERRY and SPENCER, dependent on local referendum that failed [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1851, 36th sess., spec. and loc., ch. 50, secs. 1-4/pp. 132-133; Pence and Armstrong, 105-106)

PIKE

01 Feb 1817
PIKE created from GIBSON, KNOX, and PERRY. (Ind. Acts 1816, 1st sess., ch. 51, secs. 1-2, 8/pp. 208-210)
01 Feb 1818
PIKE lost to creation of DUBOIS. (Ind. Acts 1817, 2d sess., spec., ch. 7, secs. 1, 4/pp. 16, 18)
31 Jan 1824
PIKE exchanged with GIBSON when all county boundaries were redefined. (Ind. Rev. Laws 1824, ch. 17, secs. 8, 15, 17-19, 39, 48, 51/pp. 92-109 and ch. 21/p. 115)
03 Feb 1825
PIKE lost to GIBSON. (Ind. Acts 1825, 9th sess., ch. 13/p. 15)
20 Jan 1826
PIKE lost to WARRICK. (Ind. Acts 1825, 10th sess., ch. 8/p. 12)

PORTER

07 Feb 1835
PORTER created from Non-County Area 14 attached to ST. JOSEPH; PORTER not fully organized, attached to ST. JOSEPH for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, sec. 14/p. 47)
01 Feb 1836
PORTER gained from that part of NEWTON attached to ST. JOSEPH and WHITE; lost to creation of LAKE. PORTER fully organized, detached from ST. JOSEPH. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 18/p. 51)
06 Feb 1836
LAKE attached to PORTER for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 55/p. 84)
15 Feb 1837
LAKE fully organized, detached from PORTER. (Ind. Acts 1836, 21st sess., gen., ch. 3/p. 55)
17 Feb 1838
Northern boundary of NEWTON was redefined, which would have created a dispute with PORTER, but change never took effect; corrected 11 February 1839. (Ind. Acts 1837, 22d sess., loc., ch. 61, secs. 41, 48, 50, 52, 64-66, 70-71, 75-78/pp. 241-266; Pence and Armstrong, 406)
11 Feb 1839
Boundary between PORTER and NEWTON was redefined, correcting mistake of 17 February 1838 [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1838, 23d sess., gen., ch. 53/p. 68)
16 Feb 1839
PORTER boundaries were redefined [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1838, 23d sess., gen., ch. 56/p. 70)
05 Dec 1842
PORTER lost to non-county area over the waters of Lake Michigan when its jurisdiction was restricted to land [not mapped]. (Ind. Rev. Stat. 1843, ch. 2, secs. 2, 26, 28-31, 36-37, 42-44, 61, 67, 77, 80-82, 85-86/pp. 68, 74-81, 84, 86, 88-89)
10 Feb 1851
PORTER gained from non-county area over the waters of Lake Michigan when the county line was extended to the northern boundary of Indiana [not mapped]. (Ind. Acts 1850, 35th sess., gen., ch. 35/p. 58)
08 Mar 1923
Southern boundary of PORTER along Kankakee River was adjusted to match ditching of streambed [not mapped]. (Ind. Acts 1923, 73d sess., reg., ch. 164, secs. 1-3/pp. 464-465)

POSEY

01 Nov 1814
POSEY created by Indiana Territory from WARRICK. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, ch. 7/pp. 529-533)
01 Mar 1816
POSEY gained small area from GIBSON. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, ch. 3/pp. 604-605)
11 Dec 1816
POSEY became a county in Indiana whe the state of Indiana was created from Indiana Territory and small parts of Illinois and Michigan Territories. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 57 [1816], secs. 1-2/p. 289 and res. 1 [1816]/p. 399; Van Zandt, 115)
01 Feb 1817
POSEY gained from GIBSON. (Ind. Acts 1816, 1st sess., ch. 48, sec. 1/p. 202)
01 Feb 1818
POSEY lost to creation of VANDERBURGH. (Ind. Acts 1817, 2d sess., spec., ch. 10, sec. 1/p. 22)
01 Feb 1822
POSEY lost to GIBSON. (Ind. Acts 1821, 6th sess., ch. 63/p. 120)
06 Jan 1823
POSEY gained from GIBSON. (Ind. Acts 1822, 7th sess., ch. 61/p. 116)

PULASKI

07 Feb 1835
PULASKI created from Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS and Non-County Area 17 attached to WHITE; PULASKI not fully organized, parts attached to CASS and WHITE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, sec. 11/p. 46)
06 May 1839
PULASKI fully organized, detached from CASS and WHITE. (Ind. Acts 1838, 23d sess., gen., ch. 19/p. 34)

PUTNAM

01 Apr 1822
PUTNAM created from OWEN, VIGO, and from parts of WABASH New Purchase attached to MONROE and PARKE. Part of WABASH New Purchase attached to MONROE was detached from that county and attached to PUTNAM for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1821, 6th sess., ch. 36, secs. 1-2/p. 65 and ch. 61/p. 118)
21 Dec 1822
PUTNAM gained from parts of WABASH New Purchase attached to PARKE and PUTNAM; exchanged with OWEN; lost to VIGO. (Ind. Acts 1822, 7th sess., ch. 5/p. 5)
01 Mar 1823
PUTNAM lost part of WABASH New Purchase attachment to creation of MONTGOMERY. (Ind. Acts 1822, 7th sess., ch. 6, secs. 1-2/p. 7)
02 Jan 1824
PUTNAM lost to PARKE. (Ind. Acts 1823, 8th sess., spec., ch. 31, sec. 1/p. 53)
01 Apr 1824
PUTNAM lost part of WABASH New Purchase attachment to creation of HENDRICKS. (Ind. Rev. Laws 1824, ch. 19, sec. 1/p. 111)
01 Apr 1825
PUTNAM lost to creation of CLAY. (Ind. Acts 1825, 9th sess., ch. 15/p. 17)
01 Mar 1826
PUTNAM lost part of WABASH New Purchase attachment to creation of TIPPECANOE. (Ind. Acts 1825, 10th sess., ch. 10/p. 14)
24 Jan 1828
Part of WABASH New Purchase was detached from PUTNAM and attached to HENDRICKS and TIPPECANOE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1827, 12th sess., ch. 10/p. 13)
01 Apr 1828
PUTNAM lost part of WABASH New Purchase attachment to creation of CARROLL; a small piece of WABASH New Purchase was detached from PUTNAM and attached to CARROLL for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1827, 12th sess., ch. 16/p. 21 and ch. 10, secs. 3, 6/p. 14)
31 Jul 1830
WABASH New Purchase was detached from PUTNAM and attached to CARROLL for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1829, 14th sess., ch. 21/p. 26)
11 Mar 1861
PUTNAM gained from MORGAN. (Ind. Acts 1861, 41st sess., reg., ch. 43/p. 98)

RANDOLPH (Ill.)

04 Jul 1800
RANDOLPH (Ill., formerly a Northwest Territory county created in 1795) became a part of Indiana Territory. (Terr. Papers U.S., 3:86-88; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 41 [1800]/pp. 58-59)
03 Feb 1801
RANDOLPH (Ill.) gained from KNOX and ST. CLAIR (Ill.). (Ind. Terr., Exec. Journal, 98-100; Pence and Armstrong, 212, 520)
01 May 1803
As Indiana Territory counties, RANDOLPH (Ill.) exchanged with ST. CLAIR (Ill.). (Ind. Terr., Exec. Journal, 117-118)
01 Mar 1809
RANDOLPH (Ill.) became part of Illinois Territory; eliminated from Indiana Territory. (Terr. Papers U.S., 16:6-8; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 13 [1809], sec. 1/p. 514)

RANDOLPH

10 Aug 1818
RANDOLPH created from WAYNE. (Ind. Acts 1817, 2d sess., spec., ch. 8, secs. 1-2/p. 18)
20 Jan 1820
RANDOLPH gained from Non-County Area 4. DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) created from Non-County Area 4; DELAWARE New Purchase not fully organized, concurrently attached to RANDOLPH and six other counties for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1819, 4th sess., ch. 54/p. 95)
23 Dec 1820
RANDOLPH gained from DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase). (Ind. Acts 1820, 5th sess., ch. 50/p. 117)
12 Feb 1821
DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) was detached from concurrent jurisdiction of RANDOLPH and six other counties and then attached to BARTHOLOMEW for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1820, 5th sess., ch. 31, secs. 1-2, 8/pp. 79-80, 82 and ch. 32/p. 83)
31 Jan 1824
RANDOLPH exchanged with DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase). (Ind. Rev. Laws 1824, ch. 17, secs. 8, 15, 17-19, 39, 48, 51/pp. 92-109 and ch. 21/p. 115)
01 Apr 1824
Part of DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) was attached to RANDOLPH for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Rev. Laws 1824, ch. 18, secs. 1, 8/pp. 109-110)
26 Jan 1827
RANDOLPH lost part of DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) attachment to MADISON. (Ind. Acts 1826, 11th sess., ch. 91/p. 84)
01 Apr 1827
RANDOLPH lost part of DELAWARE New Purchase attachment to creation of DELAWARE; DELAWARE New Purchase renamed ADAMS New Purchase. (Ind. Acts 1826, 11th sess., ch. 10, secs. 1-2, 7/pp. 12-13)
24 Jan 1828
Part of ADAMS New Purchase was detached from RANDOLPH and attached to DELAWARE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1827, 12th sess., ch. 10/p. 13)
01 Apr 1831
Boundaries of that part of ADAMS New Purchase attached to RANDOLPH were redefined [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1830, 15th sess., spec., ch. 12, secs. 1-2, 7-8/pp. 16-18)
07 Feb 1835
RANDOLPH lost ADAMS New Purchase attachment to creation of ADAMS, JAY, and WELLS; ADAMS, JAY, and WELLS not fully organized, parts attached to RANDOLPH for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, secs. 1-3/p. 44)
01 Mar 1836
ADAMS and JAY fully organized, detached from RANDOLPH. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 14, 15/pp. 46, 47)
01 May 1837
WELLS fully organized, detached from RANDOLPH. (Ind. Acts 1836, 21st sess., gen., ch. 6/p. 59)

RICHARDVILLE (see HOWARD)


RIPLEY

27 Dec 1816
RIPLEY created from DEARBORN and JEFFERSON; RIPLEY not fully organized, parts attached to DEARBORN and JEFFERSON for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1816, 1st sess., ch. 45, sec. 10/p. 199)
01 Feb 1817
RIPLEY detached from JEFFERSON and attached to JENNINGS for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1816, 1st sess., ch. 45, secs. 1-2, 8/pp. 197, 199)
10 Apr 1818
RIPLEY fully organized, detached from DEARBORN and JENNINGS. (Ind. Acts 1817, 2d sess., spec., ch. 13/p. 32)
20 Jan 1820
DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) created from Non-County Area 4; DELAWARE New Purchase not fully organized, concurrently attached to RIPLEY and six other counties for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1819, 4th sess., ch. 54/p. 95)
12 Feb 1821
DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) was detached from concurrent jurisdiction of RIPLEY and six other counties and then attached to BARTHOLOMEW for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1820, 5th sess., ch. 31, secs. 1-2, 8/pp. 79-80, 82 and ch. 32/p. 83)
01 Mar 1822
RIPLEY gained from SWITZERLAND. (Ind. Acts 1821, 6th sess., ch. 67/p. 127)

RUSH

01 Apr 1822
RUSH created from DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase). (Ind. Acts 1821, 6th sess., ch. 35, secs. 1-2/pp. 61-62)
12 Feb 1839
RUSH boundaries were clarified [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1838, 23d sess., gen., ch. 79/p. 85)

ST. CLAIR (Ill.)

04 Jul 1800
ST. CLAIR (Ill., formerly a Northwest Territory county created in 1790) became part of Indiana Territory. (Terr. Papers U.S., 3:86-88; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 41 [1800]/pp. 58-59)
03 Feb 1801
ST. CLAIR (Ill.) gained from KNOX and non-county area in Indiana Territory, lost to RANDOLPH (Ill.); ST. CLAIR included all of present Wisconsin and parts of present Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Minnesota. (Ind. Terr., Exec. Journal, 98-100; Pence and Armstrong, 212, 520)
01 Mar 1803
ST. CLAIR (Ill.) lost to creation of WAYNE (Indiana Territory, extinct). (Ind. Terr., Exec. Journal, 114-115; Pence and Armstrong, 218; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 40 [1802], secs. 1-3/pp. 173-174; Van Zandt, 112)
01 May 1803
As Indiana Territory counties, ST. CLAIR (Ill.) exchanged with RANDOLPH (Ill.). (Ind. Terr., Exec. Journal, 117-118)
01 Mar 1809
ST. CLAIR (Ill.) became part of Illinois Territory; eliminated from Indiana Territory. (Terr. Papers U.S., 16:6-8; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 13 [1809], sec. 1/p. 514)

ST. JOSEPH

01 Apr 1830
ST. JOSEPH created from Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS and from Non-County Area 10 attached concurrently to CARROLL and TIPPECANOE. Non-County Area 14 was attached to ST. JOSEPH for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1829, 14th sess., ch. 23, secs. 1-2, 7-9, 14/pp. 28-31)
01 Apr 1831
Non-County Area 14 attached to ST. JOSEPH gained from Non-County Area 4, Non-County Area 10 concurrently attached to CARROLL and TIPPECANOE, and from Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS. (Ind. Acts 1830, 15th sess., spec., ch. 12, secs. 1-2, 7-8/pp. 16-18)
31 Jan 1832
ST. JOSEPH gained from ELKHART. (Ind. Acts 1831, 16th sess., ch. 120/p. 114)
01 Apr 1832
ST. JOSEPH lost to creation of LA PORTE. ST. JOSEPH lost part of Non-County Area 14 attachment to creation of LA PORTE. (Ind. Acts 1831, 16th sess., ch. 2/p. 9)
24 Dec 1834
ST. JOSEPH lost part of Non-County Area 14 attachment to Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS and Non-County Area 17 attached to WHITE. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 57/p. 77)
07 Feb 1835
ST. JOSEPH lost to creation of MARSHALL and STARKE. ST. JOSEPH lost most of Non-County Area 14 attachment to creation of MARSHALL, NEWTON, PORTER, and STARKE. New counties not fully organized; all of PORTER and parts of MARSHALL, NEWTON, and STARKE were attached to ST. JOSEPH for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, secs. 9-10, 13-14/pp. 46-47)
01 Feb 1836
PORTER fully organized, detached from ST. JOSEPH. ST. JOSEPH lost NEWTON attachment to PORTER and to creation of LAKE, effectively ending NEWTON's attachment to ST. JOSEPH, although a small remnant of the attached area remained between the north line of township 32 and the Kankakee River. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 18/p. 51)
01 Apr 1836
ST. JOSEPH lost to MARSHALL; MARSHALL fully organized, detached from ST. JOSEPH. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 17/p. 49)
17 Feb 1838
ST. JOSEPH boundaries were redefined, implying changes that never took effect; corrected 16 February 1839. (Ind. Acts 1837, 22d sess., loc., ch. 61, secs. 41, 48, 50, 52, 64-66, 70-71, 75-78/pp. 241-266; Pence and Armstrong, 406)
16 Feb 1839
ST. JOSEPH lost to LA PORTE, and lost all of Non-County Area 14 attachment to LA PORTE; Non-County Area 14 eliminated. ST. JOSEPH boundaries were redefined, correcting mistake of 17 February 1838 [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1838, 23d sess., gen., ch. 56/p. 70)
29 Jan 1842
ST. JOSEPH lost part of STARKE attachment to LA PORTE. (Ind. Acts 1841, 26th sess., gen., ch. 147/p. 152)
15 Jan 1850
STARKE fully organized, detached from ST. JOSEPH. (Ind. Acts 1849, 34th sess., gen., ch. 258/p. 213)
04 Jul 1850
ST. JOSEPH lost to LA PORTE. (Ind. Acts 1849, 34th sess., gen., ch. 141/p. 114)
09 Mar 1931
ST. JOSEPH exchanged small areas with LA PORTE. (Ind. Acts 1931, 77th sess., ch. 115, secs. 1-4/pp. 450-452)
31 Aug 1981
ST. JOSEPH boundaries were clarified [no change]. (Ind. Secretary of State, correspondence, 13 Jul. 1990; Ind. Acts 1980, 101st gen. assy., 2d reg. sess., pub. law no. 212, secs. 1-2/pp. 1682-1685)

SCOTT

01 Feb 1820
SCOTT created from CLARK, JACKSON, JEFFERSON, JENNINGS, and WASHINGTON. (Ind. Acts 1819, 4th sess., ch. 30, sec. 1/p. 51)
26 Dec 1820
SCOTT lost to WASHINGTON. (Ind. Acts 1820, 5th sess., ch. 21/p. 58)
31 Jan 1824
SCOTT boundaries were redefined, accidentally creating an overlap with WASHINGTON, but change never took effect. (Ind. Rev. Laws 1824, ch. 17, secs. 8, 15, 17-19, 39, 48, 51/pp. 92-109 and ch. 21/p. 115)
22 Jan 1830
SCOTT gained from JEFFERSON. (Ind. Acts 1829, 14th sess., ch. 12/p. 21)
10 Feb 1831
SCOTT boundaries were redefined, accidentally creating an overlap with WASHINGTON, but change never took effect. (Ind. Rev. Laws 1831, ch. 19, secs. 17, 39, 57, 61-62/pp. 115, 121, 126-128)
16 Feb 1839
SCOTT gained small areas from CLARK and WASHINGTON. (Ind. Acts 1838, 23d sess., loc., ch. 249/p. 323)
05 Dec 1842
SCOTT lost small area to CLARK. (Ind. Rev. Stat. 1843, ch. 2, secs. 2, 26, 28-31, 36-37, 42-44, 61, 67, 77, 80-82, 85-86/pp. 68, 74-81, 84, 86, 88-89)
13 Feb 1851
SCOTT gained small area from JEFFERSON. (Ind. Acts 1850, 35th sess., gen., ch. 34/p. 58)

SHELBY

01 Apr 1822
SHELBY created from DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase). (Ind. Acts 1821, 6th sess., ch. 31, secs. 1-2/p. 52)

SPENCER

01 Feb 1818
SPENCER created from PERRY and WARRICK. (Ind. Acts 1817, 2d sess., spec., ch. 9, sec. 1/p. 20)
10 Feb 1825
SPENCER gained from WARRICK. (Ind. Acts 1825, 9th sess., ch. 14/p. 16)
05 Dec 1842
WARRICK boundaries were redefined, creating an overlap with SPENCER, but change never took effect; corrected 1 March 1853. (Ind. Rev. Stat. 1843, ch. 2, secs. 2, 26, 28-31, 36-37, 42-44, 61, 67, 77, 80-82, 85-86/pp. 68, 74-81, 84, 86, 88-89)
27 May 1852
Legislature authorized creation of a new unnamed county from PERRY and SPENCER, dependent on local referendum that failed [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1851, 36th sess., spec. and loc., ch. 50, secs. 1-4/pp. 132-133; Pence and Armstrong, 105-106)
07 Jun 1852
WARRICK boundaries were redefined, calling for continued overlap of SPENCER, but change never took effect; corrected 1 March 1853. (Ind. Rev. Stat. 1852, 1:ch. 14, secs. 23, 27, 31, 78, 86/pp. 174, 176-177, 192, 194)
01 Mar 1853
Boundary between SPENCER and WARRICK was redefined, correcting mistakes of 5 December 1842 and 7 June 1852 [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1853, 37th sess., ch. 7/p. 15)

STARKE

07 Feb 1835
STARKE created from ST. JOSEPH, Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS, Non-County Area 14 attached to ST. JOSEPH, and Non-County Area 17 attached to WHITE; STARKE not fully organized, parts attached to CASS, ST. JOSEPH, and WHITE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, sec. 10/p. 46)
16 Feb 1839
STARKE boundaries were redefined [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1838, 23d sess., gen., ch. 56/p. 70)
29 Jan 1842
STARKE lost to LA PORTE. (Ind. Acts 1841, 26th sess., gen., ch. 147/p. 152)
15 Jan 1850
STARKE fully organized, detached from CASS, ST. JOSEPH, and WHITE. (Ind. Acts 1849, 34th sess., gen., ch. 258/p. 213)
02 Mar 1925
Northern boundary of STARKE along Kankakee River was adjusted to match ditching of streambed [not mapped]. (Ind. Acts 1925, 74th sess., ch. 41, secs. 1-3/pp. 122-123)

STEUBEN

07 Feb 1835
STEUBEN created from Non-County Area 16 attached to LAGRANGE; STEUBEN not fully organized, attached to LAGRANGE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, sec. 5/p. 45)
01 May 1837
STEUBEN fully organized, detached from LAGRANGE. (Ind. Acts 1836, 21st sess., gen., ch. 4/p. 56)

SULLIVAN

15 Jan 1817
SULLIVAN created from KNOX. (Ind. Acts 1816, 1st sess., ch. 49, secs. 1-2, 5/pp. 205, 207)
15 Feb 1818
SULLIVAN lost to creation of VIGO. (Ind. Acts 1817, 2d sess., spec., ch. 14, secs. 1-2/p. 34)
01 Jan 1819
SULLIVAN lost to creation of OWEN. (Ind. Acts 1818, 3d sess., ch. 26, secs. 1-2/p. 96)
10 Jan 1819
SULLIVAN lost to VIGO. (Ind. Acts 1818, 3d sess., ch. 29/p. 107)
05 Feb 1821
SULLIVAN lost to creation of GREENE. (Ind. Acts 1820, 5th sess., ch. 49, secs. 1-2, 8/pp. 114, 117)
01 Apr 1825
SULLIVAN lost to creation of CLAY. (Ind. Acts 1825, 9th sess., ch. 15/p. 17)
05 Dec 1842
SULLIVAN gained small area from KNOX. (Ind. Rev. Stat. 1843, ch. 2, secs. 2, 26, 28-31, 36-37, 42-44, 61, 67, 77, 80-82, 85-86/pp. 68, 74-81, 84, 86, 88-89)
07 Jun 1852
SULLIVAN boundaries were redefined; mistake in description corrected 5 March 1859 [no change]. (Ind. Rev. Stat. 1852, 1:ch. 14, secs. 23, 27, 31, 78, 86/pp. 174, 176-177, 192, 194)
05 Mar 1859
SULLIVAN boundaries were redefined, correcting mistake of 7 June 1852 [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1859, 40th sess., ch. 12/p. 43)

SWITZERLAND

01 Oct 1814
SWITZERLAND created by Indiana Territory from DEARBORN and JEFFERSON. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, ch. 9/pp. 538-542)
11 Dec 1816
SWITZERLAND became a county in the state of Indiana when Indiana was created from Indiana Territory and small parts of Illinois and Michigan Territories. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 57 [1816], secs. 1-2/p. 289 and res. 1 [1816]/p. 399; Van Zandt, 115)
01 Mar 1822
SWITZERLAND lost to RIPLEY. (Ind. Acts 1821, 6th sess., ch. 67/p. 127)

TIPPECANOE

01 Mar 1826
TIPPECANOE created from Non-County Area 4 and from parts of WABASH New Purchase attached to PARKE and PUTNAM. (Ind. Acts 1825, 10th sess., ch. 10/p. 14)
24 Jan 1828
Part of ADAMS New Purchase was detached from HAMILTON and part of WABASH New Purchase was detached from PUTNAM, both attached to TIPPECANOE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1827, 12th sess., ch. 10/p. 13)
01 Apr 1828
Non-County Area 10 was attached concurrently to CARROLL and TIPPECANOE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1827, 12th sess., ch. 16/p. 21 and ch. 10, secs. 3, 6/p. 14)
14 Apr 1829
TIPPECANOE lost part of Non-County Area 10 attachment to creation of Non-County Area 12, which was attached to CASS for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1828, 13th sess., ch. 19/p. 26 and ch. 20/p. 28)
01 Mar 1830
TIPPECANOE lost most of ADAMS New Purchase attachment and most of WABASH New Purchase attachment to creation of CLINTON; a half-mile-wide strip of ADAMS New Purchase and WABASH New Purchase along the southern boundary of CLINTON remained attached to TIPPECANOE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1829, 14th sess., ch. 25/p. 33)
01 Apr 1830
TIPPECANOE lost half-mile-wide strip of ADAMS New Purchase and WABASH New Purchase attachments to creation of BOONE. TIPPECANOE lost part of Non-County Area 10 (concurrently attached to CARROLL and TIPPECANOE) to creation of ST. JOSEPH, and to creation of Non-County Area 14, which was attached to ST. JOSEPH for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1829, 14th sess., ch. 23-24/pp. 28-31)
01 Apr 1831
Non-County Area 10 lost to Non-County Area 14 attached to ST. JOSEPH; remaining Non-County Area 10 was detached from concurrent jurisdiction of CARROLL and TIPPECANOE and attached to CARROLL only. (Ind. Acts 1830, 15th sess., spec., ch. 12, secs. 1-2, 7-8/pp. 16-18)
17 Feb 1838
TIPPECANOE boundaries were redefined, implying a change that never took effect; corrected 11 February 1839. (Ind. Acts 1837, 22d sess., loc., ch. 61, secs. 41, 48, 50, 52, 64-66, 70-71, 75-78/pp. 241-266; Pence and Armstrong, 406)
11 Feb 1839
TIPPECANOE boundaries were clarified, correcting mistake of 17 February 1838 [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1838, 23d sess., gen., ch. 68/p. 79)

TIPTON

15 Jan 1844
TIPTON created from parts of ADAMS New Purchase attached to CASS, HAMILTON, and MIAMI; TIPTON not fully organized, parts attached to CASS, HAMILTON, and MIAMI for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1843, 28th sess., gen., ch. 3, secs. 1-2, 6/pp. 10-11)
01 May 1844
TIPTON fully organized, detached from CASS, HAMILTON, and MIAMI. (Ind. Acts 1843, 28th sess., gen., ch. 3, sec. 6/p. 11)

UNION

01 Feb 1821
UNION created from FAYETTE, FRANKLIN, and WAYNE. (Ind. Acts 1820, 5th sess., ch. 58, secs. 1, 8/pp. 126, 129)
16 Jan 1826
UNION gained from FRANKLIN. (Ind. Acts 1825, 10th sess., ch. 7/p. 11)

Unorganized Federal Territory

01 Mar 1784
Virginia ceded to the United States its charter claims to territory "northwestward of the river Ohio." All of present Indiana became unorganized federal territory. (Cappon, Petchenik, and Long, 62, 130-131; Hening, 11:571-575)
13 Jul 1787
The United States created the Territory of the United States Northwest of the River Ohio (Northwest Territory), including all of present Indiana, to govern all territory west of Pennsylvania, north of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River, to which states had ceded their colonial charter claims; unorganized federal territory eliminated. (Terr. Papers U.S., 2:39-50)

VANDERBURGH

01 Feb 1818
VANDERBURGH created from GIBSON, POSEY, and WARRICK. (Ind. Acts 1817, 2d sess., spec., ch. 10, sec. 1/p. 22)

VERMILLION

01 Feb 1824
VERMILLION created from PARKE and from that part of WABASH New Purchase attached to PARKE. Part of WABASH New Purchase was detached from PARKE and attached to VERMILLION for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Rev. Laws 1824, ch. 20, secs. 1-2, 8/pp. 113, 115)
01 Apr 1826
VERMILLION lost part of WABASH New Purchase attachment to creation of FOUNTAIN; remaining part of WABASH New Purchase was detached from VERMILLION and attached to FOUNTAIN for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1825, 10th sess., ch. 9/p. 13)
15 Jan 1833
Boundary between VERMILLION and WARREN was clarified [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1832, 17th sess., ch. 10/p. 13; Pence and Armstrong, 59-61)

VIGO

15 Feb 1818
VIGO created from SULLIVAN. (Ind. Acts 1817, 2d sess., spec., ch. 14, secs. 1-2/p. 34)
10 Jan 1819
VIGO gained from SULLIVAN. (Ind. Acts 1818, 3d sess., ch. 29/p. 107)
20 Jan 1820
WABASH New Purchase created from Non-County Area 4; WABASH New Purchase not fully organized, concurrently attached to MONROE, OWEN, and VIGO for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1819, 4th sess., ch. 54/p. 95)
09 Jan 1821
WABASH New Purchase was detached from OWEN and VIGO and attached to MONROE only for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1820, 5th sess., ch. 32, sec. 2/p. 84)
02 Apr 1821
VIGO lost to creation of PARKE. (Ind. Acts 1820, 5th sess., ch. 24, secs. 1-2/p. 63)
01 Apr 1822
VIGO lost to creation of PUTNAM. (Ind. Acts 1821, 6th sess., ch. 36, secs. 1-2/p. 65 and ch. 61/p. 118)
21 Dec 1822
VIGO gained from PUTNAM. (Ind. Acts 1822, 7th sess., ch. 5/p. 5)
01 Apr 1825
VIGO lost to creation of CLAY. (Ind. Acts 1825, 9th sess., ch. 15/p. 17)

WABASH New Purchase (extinct)

20 Jan 1820
WABASH New Purchase created from Non-County Area 4; WABASH New Purchase not fully organized, concurrently attached to MONROE, OWEN, and VIGO for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1819, 4th sess., ch. 54/p. 95)
09 Jan 1821
WABASH New Purchase was detached from OWEN and VIGO and attached to MONROE only for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1820, 5th sess., ch. 32, sec. 2/p. 84)
02 Apr 1821
WABASH New Purchase lost to creation of PARKE. (Ind. Acts 1820, 5th sess., ch. 24, secs. 1-2/p. 63)
31 Dec 1821
WABASH New Purchase lost to MONROE and OWEN, and lost to creation of Non-County Area 6. (Ind. Acts 1821, 6th sess., ch. 41/p. 79)
02 Jan 1822
Western part of WABASH New Purchase was detached from MONROE and attached to PARKE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1821, 6th sess., ch. 61/p. 118)
15 Feb 1822
WABASH New Purchase lost to creation of MORGAN. (Ind. Acts 1821, 6th sess., ch. 24, sec. 1/p. 35)
01 Apr 1822
WABASH New Purchase lost to creation of PUTNAM. Part of WABASH New Purchase was detached from MONROE and attached to PUTNAM for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1821, 6th sess., ch. 36, secs. 1-2/p. 65 and ch. 61/p. 118)
21 Dec 1822
WABASH New Purchase lost to PUTNAM. (Ind. Acts 1822, 7th sess., ch. 5/p. 5)
01 Mar 1823
WABASH New Purchase lost to creation of MONTGOMERY. (Ind. Acts 1822, 7th sess., ch. 6, secs. 1-2/p. 7)
01 Feb 1824
WABASH New Purchase lost to creation of VERMILLION; part of WABASH New Purchase was detached from PARKE and attached to VERMILLION for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Rev. Laws 1824, ch. 20, secs. 1-2, 8/pp. 113, 115)
01 Apr 1824
Part of WABASH New Purchase attached to PUTNAM lost to creation of HENDRICKS. (Ind. Rev. Laws 1824, ch. 19, sec. 1/p. 111)
01 Mar 1826
Parts of WABASH New Purchase attached to PARKE and PUTNAM lost to creation of TIPPECANOE. (Ind. Acts 1825, 10th sess., ch. 10/p. 14)
01 Apr 1826
WABASH New Purchase lost to creation of FOUNTAIN. Parts of WABASH New Purchase were detached from PARKE and VERMILLION and attached to FOUNTAIN for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1825, 10th sess., ch. 9/p. 13)
01 Mar 1827
Part of WABASH New Purchase attached to FOUNTAIN lost to creation of WARREN. (Ind. Acts 1826, 11th sess., ch. 11/p. 14)
24 Jan 1828
Part of WABASH New Purchase was detached from PUTNAM and attached to HENDRICKS and TIPPECANOE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1827, 12th sess., ch. 10/p. 13)
01 Apr 1828
WABASH New Purchase lost to creation of CARROLL. Small piece of WABASH New Purchase was detached from PUTNAM and attached to CARROLL for administrative and judicial purposes. WABASH New Purchase remained unorganized, parts were attached to CARROLL, FOUNTAIN, HENDRICKS, PARKE, PUTNAM, and TIPPECANOE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1827, 12th sess., ch. 16/p. 21 and ch. 10, secs. 3, 6/p. 14)
14 Apr 1829
WABASH New Purchase lost small piece to creation of CASS. (Ind. Acts 1828, 13th sess., ch. 19/p. 26 and ch. 20/p. 28)
01 Mar 1830
WABASH New Purchase attached to TIPPECANOE lost to creation of CLINTON; a half-mile-wide strip of WABASH New Purchase along the southern boundary of CLINTON remained attached to TIPPECANOE. (Ind. Acts 1829, 14th sess., ch. 25/p. 33)
01 Apr 1830
WABASH New Purchase attached to HENDRICKS and TIPPECANOE lost to creation of BOONE. (Ind. Acts 1829, 14th sess., ch. 24, secs. 1-2/p. 31)
31 Jul 1830
Part of WABASH New Purchase was detached from FOUNTAIN and attached to WARREN; other parts were detached from PARKE and PUTNAM and attached to CARROLL. All attachments were for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1829, 14th sess., ch. 21/p. 26)
01 Apr 1834
WABASH New Purchase lost to creation of WHITE. Part of WABASH New Purchase was detached from WARREN and attached to WHITE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1833, 18th sess., ch. 30/p. 67)
31 Jan 1835
Part of WABASH New Purchase was detached from WHITE and attached to WARREN for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 69/p. 86)
07 Feb 1835
WABASH New Purchase lost all territory to creation of JASPER; WABASH New Purchase eliminated. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, sec. 12/p. 46)

WABASH

02 Feb 1832
WABASH created from parts of ADAMS New Purchase attached to CASS and GRANT, and from Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS, and Non-County Area 15 attached to GRANT. WABASH not fully organized, parts attached to CASS and GRANT for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1831, 16th sess., ch. 119, secs. 1-2/pp. 112-113)
30 Jan 1833
WABASH boundaries were clarified [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1832, 17th sess., ch. 39/p. 38)
01 Mar 1835
WABASH fully organized, detached from CASS and GRANT. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 23/p. 42)
17 Feb 1838
WABASH gained from Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS and Non-County Area 15 attached to GRANT. (Ind. Acts 1837, 22d sess., loc., ch. 61, secs. 41, 48, 50, 52, 64-66, 70-71, 75-78/pp. 241-266; Pence and Armstrong, 406)

WARREN

01 Mar 1827
WARREN created from part of WABASH New Purchase attached to FOUNTAIN. (Ind. Acts 1826, 11th sess., ch. 11/p. 14)
31 Jul 1830
WABASH New Purchase was detached from FOUNTAIN and attached to WARREN for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1829, 14th sess., ch. 21/p. 26)
01 Apr 1831
Non-County Area 4 was attached to WARREN for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1830, 15th sess., spec., ch. 12, secs. 1-2, 7-8/pp. 16-18)
15 Jan 1833
Boundary between WARREN and VERMILLION was clarified [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1832, 17th sess., ch. 10/p. 13; Pence and Armstrong, 59-61)
01 Apr 1834
WARREN lost part of WABASH New Purchase attachment to WHITE, and lost part of Non-County Area 4 attachment to creation of Non-County Area 17 which was attached to WHITE. All attachments were for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1833, 18th sess., ch. 30/p. 67)
24 Dec 1834
WARREN lost part of Non-County Area 4 attachment to Non-County Area 17 attached to WHITE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 57/p. 77)
31 Jan 1835
Non-County Area 4 attached to WARREN gained from Non-County Area 17 attached to WHITE. Part of WABASH New Purchase was detached from WHITE and attached to WARREN for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 69/p. 86)
07 Feb 1835
WARREN lost part of WABASH New Purchase attachment to creation of JASPER; WARREN lost all of Non-County Area 4 attachment to creation of JASPER and NEWTON; JASPER and NEWTON not fully organized, parts attached to WARREN for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, secs. 12, 13/p. 46)
15 Mar 1838
JASPER fully organized, detached from WARREN.. (Ind. Acts 1837, 22d sess., loc., ch. 64/p. 268)
03 Jun 1839
WARREN lost NEWTON attachment when NEWTON was eliminated. (Ind. Acts 1838, 23d sess., gen., ch. 74/p. 83; Pence and Armstrong, 474)

WARRICK

01 Apr 1813
WARRICK created by Indiana Territory from KNOX. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, ch. 23/pp. 348-350)
01 Nov 1814
WARRICK lost to creation of PERRY and POSEY. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, ch. 7/pp. 529-533)
11 Dec 1816
WARRICK became a county in the state of Indiana when Indiana was created from Indiana Territory and small parts of Illinois and Michigan Territories. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 57 [1816], secs. 1-2/p. 289 and res. 1 [1816]/p. 399; Van Zandt, 115)
01 Feb 1817
WARRICK gained from GIBSON. (Ind. Acts 1816, 1st sess., ch. 51, secs. 1-2, 8/pp. 208-210)
01 Feb 1818
WARRICK lost to creation of SPENCER and VANDERBURGH. (Ind. Acts 1817, 2d sess., spec., ch. 9, sec. 1/p. 20; ch. 10, sec. 1/p. 22 )
31 Jan 1824
WARRICK gained from GIBSON when all county boundaries were redefined. (Ind. Rev. Laws 1824, ch. 17, secs. 8, 15, 17-19, 39, 48, 51/pp. 92-109 and ch. 21/p. 115)
10 Feb 1825
WARRICK lost to SPENCER. (Ind. Acts 1825, 9th sess., ch. 14/p. 16)
20 Jan 1826
WARRICK gained from PIKE. (Ind. Acts 1825, 10th sess., ch. 8/p. 12)
05 Dec 1842
WARRICK lost to GIBSON. WARRICK boundaries were redefined, creating an overlap with SPENCER, but change never took effect; corrected 1 March 1853. (Ind. Rev. Stat. 1843, ch. 2, secs. 2, 26, 28-31, 36-37, 42-44, 61, 67, 77, 80-82, 85-86/pp. 68, 74-81, 84, 86, 88-89)
13 Jan 1844
WARRICK gained from GIBSON. (Ind. Acts 1843, 28th sess., gen., ch. 81/p. 87)
18 Jan 1847
WARRICK lost to GIBSON. (Ind. Acts 1846, 31st sess., loc., ch. 188/p. 272)
07 Jun 1852
WARRICK gained from GIBSON. Mistake of 5 December 1842, calling for continued overlap of SPENCER, was repeated, but never took effect; corrected 1 March 1853. (Ind. Rev. Stat. 1852, 1:ch. 14, secs. 23, 27, 31, 78, 86/pp. 174, 176-177, 192, 194)
01 Mar 1853
Boundary between SPENCER and WARRICK was redefined, correcting mistakes of 5 December 1842 and 7 June 1852 [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1853, 37th sess., ch. 7/p. 15)

WASHINGTON

17 Jan 1814
WASHINGTON created by Indiana Territory from CLARK and HARRISON. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, ch. 10/pp. 446-448)
01 Sep 1814
WASHINGTON gained from KNOX. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, ch. 5/pp. 526-527)
01 Jan 1816
WASHINGTON lost to creation of JACKSON. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, ch. 1/pp. 601-603)
01 Feb 1816
WASHINGTON lost to creation of ORANGE. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, ch. 12/pp. 643-645)
11 Dec 1816
WASHINGTON became a county in the state of Indiana when Indiana was created from Indiana Territory and small parts of Illinois and Michigan Territories. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 57 [1816], secs. 1-2/p. 289 and res. 1 [1816]/p. 399; Van Zandt, 115)
01 Feb 1820
WASHINGTON lost to creation of SCOTT. (Ind. Acts 1819, 4th sess., ch. 30, sec. 1/p. 51)
26 Dec 1820
WASHINGTON gained from SCOTT. (Ind. Acts 1820, 5th sess., ch. 21/p. 58)
31 Jan 1824
SCOTT boundaries were redefined, accidentally creating an overlap with WASHINGTON, but change never took effect. (Ind. Rev. Laws 1824, ch. 17, secs. 8, 15, 17-19, 39, 48, 51/pp. 92-109 and ch. 21/p. 115)
10 Feb 1831
SCOTT boundaries were redefined, accidentally creating an overlap with WASHINGTON, but change never took effect. (Ind. Rev. Laws 1831, ch. 19, secs. 17, 39, 57, 61-62/pp. 115, 121, 126-128)
16 Feb 1839
WASHINGTON lost small area to SCOTT. (Ind. Acts 1838, 23d sess., loc., ch. 249/p. 323)
05 Dec 1842
WASHINGTON exchanged with CLARK. (Ind. Rev. Stat. 1843, ch. 2, secs. 2, 26, 28-31, 36-37, 42-44, 61, 67, 77, 80-82, 85-86/pp. 68, 74-81, 84, 86, 88-89)
14 Jan 1846
WASHINGTON exchanged with CLARK. (Ind. Acts 1845, 30th sess., gen., ch. 110/p. 111)
07 Mar 1873
WASHINGTON exchanged with CLARK. (Ind. Acts 1873, 48th sess., ch. 40/p. 105)
27 Mar 1979
Boundary between WASHINGTON and CLARK was redefined [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1979, 101st gen. assy., 1st reg. sess., pub. law no. 156/p. 714)

WAYNE (N.W. Terr., extinct)

15 Aug 1796
WAYNE (Northwest Territory, extinct) created by Northwest Territory from HAMILTON (Ohio), KNOX, and non-county area; included parts of present Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. (Terr. Papers U.S., 2:567-568, and 3:447; Pence and Armstrong, 216)
04 Jul 1800
WAYNE (Northwest Territory, extinct) eliminated from area of present Indiana when Indiana Territory was created from Northwest Territory. (Terr. Papers U.S., 3:86-88; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 41 [1800]/pp. 58-59)

WAYNE (Ind. Terr., extinct)

01 Mar 1803
WAYNE (Indiana Territory, extinct) created by Indiana Territory from KNOX, ST. CLAIR (Ill.), and non-county area in Indiana Territory; included parts of present Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. (Ind. Terr., Exec. Journal, 114-115; Pence and Armstrong, 218; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 40 [1802], secs. 1-3/pp. 173-174; Van Zandt, 112)
30 Jun 1805
WAYNE (Indiana Territory) was effectively eliminated when Michigan Territory was created from Indiana Territory. (Terr. Papers U.S., 10:5-7; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 5 [1805]/pp. 309-310)

WAYNE

01 Jan 1811
WAYNE created by Indiana Territory from CLARK, DEARBORN, and KNOX. (Ind. Terr. Laws, 1809-1816, chs. 6, 60/pp. 108-111, 190)
11 Dec 1816
WAYNE became a county in the state of Indiana when Indiana was created from Indiana Territory and small parts of Illinois and Michigan Territories. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 57 [1816], secs. 1-2/p. 289 and res. 1 [1816]/p. 399; Van Zandt, 115)
10 Aug 1818
WAYNE lost to creation of RANDOLPH. (Ind. Acts 1817, 2d sess., spec., ch. 8, secs. 1-2/p. 18)
01 Jan 1819
WAYNE exchanged with Non-County Area 4, lost to creation of FAYETTE. (Ind. Acts 1818, 3d sess., ch. 28, secs. 1, 9/pp. 103, 106)
20 Jan 1820
DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) created from Non-County Area 4; DELAWARE New Purchase not fully organized, concurrently attached to WAYNE and six other counties for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1819, 4th sess., ch. 54/p. 95)
01 Feb 1821
WAYNE gained from DELAWARE New Purchase attachment (later ADAMS New Purchase), lost to creation of UNION. (Ind. Acts 1820, 5th sess., ch. 58, secs. 1, 8/pp. 126, 129)
12 Feb 1821
DELAWARE New Purchase (later ADAMS New Purchase) was detached from concurrent jurisdiction of WAYNE and six other counties and attached to BARTHOLOMEW for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1820, 5th sess., ch. 31, secs. 1-2, 8/pp. 79-80, 82 and ch. 32/p. 83)
11 Jan 1823
WAYNE lost to HENRY. (Ind. Acts 1822, 7th sess., ch. 85/p. 138)
22 Jan 1824
WAYNE gained from HENRY. (Ind. Acts 1823, 8th sess., spec., ch. 29/p. 51)
26 Jan 1827
WAYNE lost to HENRY. (Ind. Acts 1826, 11th sess., ch. 8/p. 11)

WELLS

07 Feb 1835
WELLS created from parts of ADAMS New Purchase attached to ALLEN, DELAWARE, and RANDOLPH; WELLS not fully organized, parts attached to ALLEN, DELAWARE, and RANDOLPH for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, sec. 2/p. 44)
01 May 1837
WELLS fully organized, detached from ALLEN, DELAWARE, and RANDOLPH. (Ind. Acts 1836, 21st sess., gen., ch. 6/p. 59)

WHITE

01 Apr 1834
WHITE created from part of WABASH New Purchase attached to CARROLL and from Non-County Area 10 attached to CARROLL. Part of WABASH New Purchase and Non-County Area 17 were attached to WHITE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1833, 18th sess., ch. 30/p. 67)
24 Dec 1834
Non-County Area 17 attached to WHITE gained from Non-County Area 10 attached to CARROLL, Non-County Area 14 attached to ST. JOSEPH, and Non-County Area 4 attached to WARREN. Non-County Area 10 eliminated. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 57/p. 77)
31 Jan 1835
WHITE lost part of Non-County Area 17 attachment to Non-County Area 4 attached to WARREN, and lost part of WABASH New Purchase attachment to WARREN. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 69/p. 86)
07 Feb 1835
WHITE lost all of WABASH New Purchase attachment to creation of JASPER; WHITE lost part of Non-County Area 17 attachment to creation of JASPER, NEWTON, PULASKI, and STARKE. New counties not fully organized, parts attached to WHITE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, secs. 10-13/p. 46)
01 Feb 1836
WHITE lost part of NEWTON attachment to PORTER and to creation of LAKE. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 18/p. 51)
04 Feb 1837
WHITE gained from CARROLL; mistake in description corrected 14 February 1839. (Ind. Acts 1836, 21st sess., loc., ch. 170/p. 379)
17 Feb 1838
WHITE gained all of Non-County Area 17 attached to WHITE; Non-County Area 17 eliminated. Attachment of NEWTON to WHITE for administrative and judicial purposes was confirmed [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1837, 22d sess., loc., ch. 61, secs. 41, 48, 50, 52, 64-66, 70-71, 75-78/pp. 241-266; Pence and Armstrong, 406)
15 Mar 1838
JASPER fully organized, detached from WHITE. (Ind. Acts 1837, 22d sess., loc., ch. 64/p. 268)
14 Feb 1839
Boundary between WHITE and CARROLL was redefined, correcting mistake of 4 February 1837 [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1838, 23d sess., gen., ch. 95/p. 93)
06 May 1839
PULASKI fully organized, detached from WHITE. (Ind. Acts 1838, 23d sess., gen., ch. 19/p. 34)
03 Jun 1839
WHITE lost NEWTON attachment when NEWTON was eliminated. (Ind. Acts 1838, 23d sess., gen., ch. 74/p. 83; Pence and Armstrong, 474)
10 Feb 1841
WHITE lost to JASPER. (Ind. Acts 1840, 25th sess., gen., ch. 53/p. 135)
05 Dec 1842
CARROLL boundaries were redefined, creating an overlap with WHITE, but change never took effect; corrected 13 January 1846. (Ind. Rev. Stat. 1843, ch. 2, secs. 2, 26, 28-31, 36-37, 42-44, 61, 67, 77, 80-82, 85-86/pp. 68, 74-81, 84, 86, 88-89)
13 Jan 1846
Boundary between WHITE and CARROLL redefined, correcting mistake of 5 December 1842 [no change]. (Ind. Acts 1845, 30th sess., loc., ch. 246/p. 264)
15 Jan 1850
STARKE fully organized, detached from WHITE. (Ind. Acts 1849, 34th sess., gen., ch. 258/p. 213)

WHITLEY

07 Feb 1835
WHITLEY created from Non-County Area 8 attached to ALLEN, Non-County Area 13 attached to ELKHART, and Non-County Area 15 attached to GRANT; WHITLEY not fully organized, parts attached to ALLEN, ELKHART, and GRANT for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1834, 19th sess., gen., ch. 25, sec. 6/p. 45)
06 Feb 1836
WHITLEY detached from ALLEN, ELKHART, and GRANT; attached to HUNTINGTON for administrative and judicial purposes. (Ind. Acts 1835, 20th sess., gen., ch. 55/p. 84)
01 Apr 1838
WHITLEY fully organized, detached from HUNTINGTON. (Ind. Acts 1837, 22d sess., loc., ch. 230/p. 408)
11 Jun 1859
WHITLEY gained from NOBLE. (Pence and Armstrong, 630, 864)