Timeline of Warren County, Indiana history
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This article is a timeline of Warren County, Indiana history.
1800s
- c.1802 – Zachariah Cicott arrives to trade with local Indian tribes. Cicott is considered the first European to enter the area that will become Warren County.
1810s
- 1811 November – William Henry Harrison leads an army through the county to the Battle of Tippecanoe, guided by Cicott.
- 1816 December 11 – Indiana is admitted to the Union.
1820s
- 1827 March 1 – Warren County established by the Indiana General Assembly.
- 1827 November 6 – The county is divided into four townships: Mound, Pike, Warren, and Medina.
- 1828 March – Warrenton selected as the Warren County seat.
- 1828 July 8 – Warrenton platted by Luther Tillotson.
- 1828 December 11 – Williamsport platted by William Harrison and Perrin Kent.
- 1829 – Baltimore established along the Wabash River.
- 1829 June – Williamsport becomes the county seat.
- 1829 September 28 – Williamsport post office established.
1830s
- 1830 March – Washington Township formed.
- 1830 July 14 – Failed town of Point Pleasant platted by John H. Bartlett.
- 1830 September – West Lebanon platted by Ebenezer Purviance, John G. Jemison and Andrew Fleming.
- 1831 November – First Warren County jail completed.
- 1832 March 5 – Brothers William B. Bailey and Horatio Bailey plat the town of Milford (later known as Green Hill).
- 1832 October 5 – Independence platted by Zachariah Cicott.
- 1832 December 26 – West Lebanon post office established.
- 1833 April 16 – Rainsville platted by Isaac Rains.
- 1834 March – Steuben Township formed.
- 1834 March 24 – Independence post office established.
- 1834 June – First purpose-built courthouse completed.
- 1836 February 5 – Rainsville post office established.
- 1837 December 2 – Poolesville post office established at Milford (Green Hill).
- 1838 September 14 – The Potawatomi Trail of Death camps near Williamsport.
- 1838 September 15 – The Potawatomi Trail of Death camps in what later became Kent Township.
1840s
- 1848 – Adams Township formed.
- 1849 Fall – New Warren County jail completed.
1850s
- 1850 – Jordan Township formed.
- 1850 – Zachariah Cicott dies and is buried in Independence.
- 1851 – Pine Village laid out by Isaac and John R. Metsker.
- 1853 September 6–7 – The first county fair is held at Independence.
- 1854 March – Williamsport incorporated.
- 1857 – Wabash Railroad completed through the county.
- 1857 April 6 – Marshfield post office established.
- 1857 May 22 – Marshfield platted.
- 1857 June 29 – State Line City platted by Robert Casement.
1860s
- 1861 February 11 – President-elect Abraham Lincoln delivers a brief speech in State Line.
- 1864 September – Kent Township formed.
- 1869 – Green Hill incorporated.
- 1869 – West Lebanon incorporated.
- 1869 – Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Railway is constructed across Mound Township.
1870s
- 1872 June – Pumpkin Vine Railroad construction begins.
- 1872 December – Second courthouse completed.
- 1873 July – Pumpkin Vine Railroad construction completed.
- 1874 July 8 – Johnsonville platted by John R. Johnson, Senior.
- 1875 December 2 – Johnsonville post office established.
- 1879 – James Frank Hanly, later the Governor of Indiana, moves to Williamsport at age 16.
- 1879 – Portion of Pumpkin Vine Railroad north of Covington is closed.
1880s
- 1880 – Warren County portion of Pumpkin Vine Railroad is taken up.
- 1881 July 31 – Hedrick platted by Parmenas G. Smith and G. W. Compton.
- 1884 March 3 – Winthrop platted by Jacob Morgan Rhode.
- 1885 February 2 – Kickapoo platted by Lewis Davisson.[1]
- 1885 November 5 – Cameron Springs post office established.
- 1886 – The county's third courthouse is constructed.[2]
- 1889 June 12 – Cameron Springs renamed to Indiana Mineral Springs.
- 1889 – James Frank Hanly is admitted to the bar and joins a law office in Williamsport.
1890s
- 1890 December 25 – Hotel at the Indiana Mineral Springs (later called Hotel Mudlavia) is opened by H. L. Kramer.