Jackson County (Indiana)
Jackson County is a county located in the state of Indiana in the United States. The County Seat ( administrative seat ) is Brownstown.
Geography
Jackson County is located in south-central Indiana and has a size of 1331 square kilometers, of which twelve square kilometers of water surface. The neighboring counties ( starting in the north, clockwise ) are: Brown County, Bartholomew County, Jennings County, Scott County, Washington County, Lawrence County and Monroe County.
History
The Jackson County was formed in 1816. It was named after Andrew Jackson, who had defeated the British in 1812 in the British -American War and 1815 in the Battle of New Orleans. Later he became President of the United States and signed on May 28, 1830 the Indian Removal Act.
The County found by the Reno gang on 8 October 1866, the first recorded train robbery on a moving train instead. The gang stole about $ 10,000 from a train of the Ohio and Mississippi Railway.
1875 Medora Covered Bridge was built. It was at this time with 132 meters the longest standing on three pillars of limestone wooden bridge. 1972 closed to vehicle traffic, however, remained open to pedestrians. Listed in the NRHP.
1900-1990 2000 2010
Places in County
- Acme
- Bald Knobs
- Bobtown
- Brownstown
- Chestnut Ridge
- Clear Spring
- Cortland
- Crothersville
- Dudley Town
- Ewing
- Fleming
- Freetown
- Hangman Crossing
- Houston
- Kriete Corner
- Kurtz
- Little Acre
- Maumee
- Medora
- New Elizabethtown
- New Farmington
- Norman
- Reddington
- Retreat
- Rockford
- Seymour
- Shields
- Spark Ville
- Spray Town
- Sunset Parkway
- Surprise
- Tampico
- Uniontown
- Vallonia
- Weddleville
- Wegan
- Brownstown Township
- Carr Township
- Driftwood Township
- Grassy Fork Township
- Hamilton Township
- Jackson Township
- Owen Township
- Pershing Township
- Redding Township
- Salt Creek Township
- Vernon Township
- Washington Township