- Name
- Randolph
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- Alternate names
- Randolph (Getty Vocabulary Program)
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- Type
- County
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- Coordinates
- 40.167°N 84.967°W
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- Located in
- Indiana, United States (1818 - )
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- See also
- Adams, Indiana, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Allen, 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))
- Clark, Indiana, United States (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Dearborn, Indiana, United States (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Jay, 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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- Inhabited place
- Arba
- Bartonia
- Bloomingport
- Buena Vista
- Carlos
- Crete
- Deerfield
- Fairview
- Farmland
- George Town
- Harrisville
- Haysville Corner
- Huntsville
- Losantville
- Lynn
- Maxville
- Modoc
- Mull
- New Lisbon
- New Pittsburg
- Parker City
- Pinch
- Randolph
- Ridgeville
- Rural
- Saratoga
- Scott Corner
- Shedville
- Snow Hill
- South Salem
- Spartanburg
- Stone
- Union City
- Unionport
- Winchester
- Windsor
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- Township
- Franklin
- Green
- Monroe
- Stony Creek
- Union
- Ward
- Wayne (township)
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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
Randolph County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2000, the population was 27,401. The county seat is Winchester.
History
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Randolph County was formed in 1818. There is a dispute as to the origin of the name. Some say that the County was named for Randolph County, North Carolina where the areas first settlers came from. That County was named for Peyton Randolph, the first President of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation.
Another version is that the County was named for President Thomas Jefferson's first cousin, Thomas Randolph, who was Attorney General for the Indiana Territory, and who was killed in the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. One problem with this story is whether Thomas Randolph was killed at Tippecanoe. There was a Thomas Randolph listed in Capt. Benjamin Parke's Troop of Light Dragoons, but this Randolph is not shown as killed.
The obvious namesake would be Gov. Edmund Randolph of Virginia, who signed the law transferring the Northwest Territory from Virginia to the United States, allowing for the formation of the Indiana Territory. Edmund was the nephew of Peyton Randolph, and the executor of his estate. Historians have, however, studied this and rejected the obvious conclusion.
All of the above Randolphs were related, so that one can safely conclude that the County was named for this important, early colonial family.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1818 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1819 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1819 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1820 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1820 | Land 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 | 1,808
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| 1830 | 3,912
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| 1840 | 10,684
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| 1850 | 14,725
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| 1860 | 18,997
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| 1870 | 22,862
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| 1880 | 26,435
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| 1890 | 28,085
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| 1900 | 28,653
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| 1910 | 29,013
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| 1920 | 26,484
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| 1930 | 24,859
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| 1940 | 26,766
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| 1950 | 27,141
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| 1960 | 28,434
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| 1970 | 28,915
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| 1980 | 29,997
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| 1990 | 27,148
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Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~inrandol/
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