- Name
- Delaware
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- Alternate names
- Delaware (Getty Vocabulary Program)
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- Type
- County
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- Coordinates
- 40.183°N 85.383°W
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- Located in
- Indiana, United States (1827 - )
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- See also
- Allen, Indiana, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Bartholomew, Indiana, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Blackford, Indiana, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Boone, Indiana, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Carroll, Indiana, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Clinton, Indiana, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Decatur, Indiana, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Grant, Indiana, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Hamilton, Indiana, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Hancock, Indiana, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Hendricks, Indiana, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Henry, Indiana, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Johnson, Indiana, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Madison, Indiana, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Marion, Indiana, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Morgan, Indiana, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Rush, Indiana, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Shelby, Indiana, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Wells, Indiana, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
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| Contained Places
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Larger map
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- Cemetery
- Gardens of Memory Cemetery
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- Inhabited place
- Albany
- Anthony
- Aultshire
- Bethel
- Cammack
- Cowan
- Cross Roads
- Daleville
- Desoto
- Eaton
- Gaston
- Gates Corner
- Granville
- Hyde Park
- Janney
- Liberty Corners
- Macedonia
- Mayfield
- Middletown Park
- Morningside
- Mount Pleasant
- Muncie ( 1800 - )
- New Burlington
- Oakville
- Progress
- Reed Station
- Royerton
- Selma
- Shideler
- Smithfield
- Stockport
- West Muncie
- Wheeling
- Woodland Park
- Yorktown
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- Township
- Center
- Delaware (Township)
- Hamilton
- Harrison
- Liberty
- Monroe
- Mt. Pleasant
- Niles
- Perry
- Salem
- Union
- Washington
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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Delaware County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2000, the population was 118,769. The county seat is Muncie. It is part of the Muncie, IN, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Delaware County was formed in 1827. It was named for the Delaware, a Native American people who still lived in the county. The Delaware were removed from the county in the 1840s. The county was once home to The Prophet, the brother of Tecumseh who instigated a native uprising in 1811. David Conner was the first settler to live in the county in the early 1810s.
Following the American Civil War the county experienced an economic boom after the discovery of natural gas that fueled rapid industrial growth in the surrounding area.
The first discovery of natural gas in Indiana occurred in the town of Eaton, in 1876. A company was drilling for coal and when they had reaching a depth of six-hundred feet, there was a great noise and bad smelling fumes began to come from the hole. After a partial investigation, many concluded that they had breached the ceiling of Hell, and the hole was quickly filled in. In 1884, when natural gas was discovered in nearby Ohio, the townsfolk recalled the incident and returned to the location and opened the state of Indiana's first natural gas well. The gas was so abundant and strong, that when the well was lit, the flames could be see from Muncie.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1820 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1827 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1827 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1828 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1829 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1830 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1840 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1882 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1820 | 3,677
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| 1830 | 2,374
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| 1840 | 8,843
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| 1850 | 10,843
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| 1860 | 15,753
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| 1870 | 19,030
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| 1880 | 22,926
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| 1890 | 30,131
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| 1900 | 49,624
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| 1910 | 51,414
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| 1920 | 56,377
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| 1930 | 67,270
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| 1940 | 74,963
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| 1950 | 90,252
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| 1960 | 110,938
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| 1970 | 129,219
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| 1980 | 128,587
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| 1990 | 119,659
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Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~indelawa
Step Back In Time to Delaware County, a RootsWeb-hosted page with a Delaware County gazetteer and links.
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