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Ohio County is a county located in southeastern Indiana. With a 2020 population of 5,940, and an area of just 87 square miles, Ohio County is the smallest county in Indiana by area and the least populous. [ 1 ]
Miami University in Oxford, Ohio was founded in 1809, the University of Cincinnati in 1819, Kenyon College in Gambier in 1824, Western Reserve University in Cleveland in 1826, Capital University in Columbus in 1830, Xavier University in Cincinnati and Denison University in Granville in 1831, Oberlin College in 1833, Marietta College in 1835 ...
I.O.O.F. Hall, 117-119 North Michigan Street (1901<1907) in the Argos Downtown Historic District. 117-119 North Michigan Street 1901<1907 I.O.O.F. Hall is a contributing structure.
Village Pantry was founded as a convenience store chain division of Marsh Supermarkets, founded in Yorktown, Indiana. The first Village Pantry location opened in 1966 in Muncie, Indiana. [1] In September 2006, Sun Capital Partners purchased Marsh and its divisions, including Village Pantry, $325 million. [2]
Boonville was founded in 1818 and named for Jesse Boon, father of Ratliff Boon. [5] A post office has been in operation at Boonville since 1820. [6] Boonville was incorporated in 1858. [7] President Abraham Lincoln studied law in Boonville. When Abraham Lincoln and his family moved from Kentucky to present-day Spencer County in 1816, their ...
Wayne County is a county located in east central Indiana, United States, on the border with Ohio.As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 66,553. [1] The county seat is Richmond. [2]
Indiana's Black population increased after the Civil War mostly along the Ohio River, such as Spencer County, Indiana, which included 947 Black citizens by 1870. [ citation needed ] As Reconstruction ended in the South, former enslaved peoples wanted to move north, which included the migration of Black people from North Carolina to Indiana.
The history of Evansville, Indiana spans hundreds of years, with thousands of years of human habitation. The area's geography and location on a bend in the Ohio River attracted people from the earliest times. The city was founded in 1812 and was named by its founder, Hugh McGary, after Col. Robert M. Evans.