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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
Fountain County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2000, the population was 17,954. The county seat is Covington.
History
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Fountain County was formed in 1826. It was named for Major James Fontaine of Kentucky who was killed at Harmar's Defeat (near modern Fort Wayne, Indiana) on 22 October 1790 during the Northwest Indian War.
Courthouse
The Fountain County courthouse was built in 1936-1937 at a cost of $246,734. It was constructed by the Jacobson Brothers of Chicago; the architects were Louis R. Johnson and Walter Scholar of Lafayette. It replaced the older 1859 building that had been declared unsafe. The courthouse walls display a number of murals painted by Eugene Francis Savage and others from 1937 to 1940; the murals cover over of wall space and depict the settlement of western Indiana.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1826 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1826 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1827 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1827 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1830 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1830 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1887 | 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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| 1830 | 7,619
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| 1840 | 11,218
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| 1850 | 13,253
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| 1860 | 15,566
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| 1870 | 16,389
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| 1880 | 20,228
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| 1890 | 19,558
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| 1900 | 21,446
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| 1910 | 20,439
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| 1920 | 18,823
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| 1930 | 17,971
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| 1940 | 18,299
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| 1950 | 17,836
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| 1960 | 18,706
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| 1970 | 18,257
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| 1980 | 19,033
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| 1990 | 17,808
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