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Indiana was granted statehood near the end of 1816. The first non-indigenous settler in the future Fountain County is thought to have been a Mr. Forbes, who arrived in early 1823 and was soon followed by others. [8] The legislative act creating Fountain County was passed on December 30, 1825, setting an effective date of April 1, 1826.
Fountain County Courthouse was designed by Louis Johnson, and completed in July 1937. The construction of the building cost $228,822. It is a three-story, Art Deco style, flat roofed building faced with Indiana limestone. It measures 116 feet by 89 feet and incorporates a 32 foot-square wired-glass skylight.
Fountain County Clerk's Building, also known as the Lew Wallace Law Office, is a historic government office building located at Covington, Fountain County, Indiana. It was built in 1842, and is a one-story, double pile, Federal style red brick building. It has a side gable roof and sits on a stone foundation.
Troy Township lies along the western side of Fountain County; the Wabash River defines the western borders of both. According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 44.44 square miles (115.1 km 2), of which 43.86 square miles (113.6 km 2) (or 98.69%) is land and 0.58 square miles (1.5 km 2) (or 1.31%) is water.
Location of Fountain County in Indiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Fountain County, Indiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Fountain County, Indiana, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
The largest county is Allen (657 sq. mi., 1,702 km 2) and the smallest is Ohio (86 sq. mi., 223 km 2). [3] According to the Constitution of Indiana, no county may be created of less than 400 square miles (1,000 km 2), nor may any county smaller than this be further reduced in size, which precludes any new counties. [4]
Covington Residential Historic District is a national historic district located at Covington, Fountain County, Indiana.The district encompasses 109 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Covington.
Wabash Township, Fountain County, Indiana This page was last edited on 25 August 2011, at 03:24 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...