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Established: |
January 3, 1823 (Laws, 1823, p. 74) |
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Origin of the name
of the county: |
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Named for John Edgar, a pioneer
merchant, politician and land speculator. |
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Present area, or
parts of it, formerly included in: |
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1819–1823 |
Clark |
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1816–1819 |
Crawford |
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1815–1816 |
Edwards |
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1812–1815 |
Madison |
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1801–1812 |
St. Clair |
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1790–1801 |
Knox, Northwest Territory |
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County Seat: |
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1823– |
Paris |
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History of county
governing board: |
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1823–1849 |
County Commissioners’ Court |
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1849–1857 |
County Court |
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1857– |
County Board of Supervisors |
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Township
Government |
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Date of adoption: |
November 4, 1856 |
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Township Names: |
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Brouilletts Creek |
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Buck |
Name changed from Pilot Grove on May 9, 1857. |
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Edgar |
Name changed from Bloomfield on May 9, 1857. |
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Elbridge |
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Embarrass |
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Grandview |
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Hunter |
Formed from Stratton and Brouilletts Creek (date unknown). |
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Kansas |
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Paris |
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Prairie |
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Ross |
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Shiloh |
Formed from Young America and Edgar (date unknown). |
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Stratton |
Name changed from Wayne on May 9, 1857. |
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Symmes |
Name changed from Marion on May 9, 1857. |
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Young America |
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