Place:Dearborn, Indiana, United States
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NameDearborn
Alt namesDearbornsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates39.167°N 84.9°W
Located inIndiana, United States     (1803 - )
See alsoFranklin, Indiana, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Hamilton, Indiana, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Ohio, Indiana, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Randolph, Indiana, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Switzerland, Indiana, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Wayne, Indiana, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Braysville Cemetery
Cambridge Cemetery
Cole's Chapel Cemetery
East Fork Stone Chapel Cemetery
Georgetown Cemetery ( 1820 - )
Greendale Cemetery
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Census-designated place
Bright
Hidden Valley
Historical inhabited place
Cambridge
Pella
Inhabited place
Aurora
Bonnell
Braysville
Chesterville
Cold Springs
Dillsboro Station
Dillsboro
Dover
Farmers Retreat
Greendale
Guilford
Hardentown
Hardinsburg
Hubbells Corner
Kirschs Corner
Kyle
Lawrenceburg Junction
Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceville
Logan
Manchester
Moores Hill
Mount Sinai
New Alsace
Sparta
St. Leon
Weisburg
West Harrison
Wilmington
Wrights Corner
Yorkville
Township
Harrison
Jackson
Lawrenceburg (township)
Logan (township)
Miller ( 1834 - )
Sparta (township)
York
Unknown
Kelso
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Dearborn County is one of 92 counties of the U.S. state of Indiana located on the Ohio border near the southeast corner of the state. It was formed in 1803 from a portion of Hamilton County, Ohio. In 2010, the population was 50,047. The county seat and largest city is Lawrenceburg. Dearborn County is part of the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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History

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In 1803, following Ohio's admission to the Union, a wedge, or pie shaped, remnant of the former Northwest Territory along Ohio's southwestern border was ceded to Indiana Territory and organized as Dearborn County. It was named after Henry Dearborn who was U.S. Secretary of War at that time.[1] Lawrenceburg was then designated as the county seat.

All or part of seven other present day counties were carved from the original county with the present boundaries being established in 1845. The region, nicknamed the "Gore", slices through the present-day counties of Dearborn, Franklin, Ohio, Randolph, Switzerland, Union, Wayne and Fayette. Subdivision of Dearborn County began in 1811 with the formation of Franklin and Wayne Counties, followed by Switzerland in 1814.[2]

Early growth in the region was centered on Lawrenceburg which became an important railroad junction connecting two of the regions major rail lines. A contention existed between the towns of Lawrenceburg and the mostly German-speaking immigrants that dominated Rising Sun over the favored status of Lawrenceburg as the county seat. The rivalry between the two towns was resolved in 1844 when the Indiana State legislature separated the portion of Dearborn County south of Laughery Creek and created the last and smallest Indiana county, county of Ohio on March 1, 1844, with Rising Sun designated as its county seat.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1803 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1806 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1810 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1821 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1824 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1824 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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
1810 7,310
1820 11,468
1830 13,974
1840 19,327
1850 20,166
1860 24,406
1870 24,116
1880 26,671
1890 23,364
1900 22,194
1910 21,396
1920 20,033
1930 21,056
1940 23,053
1950 25,141
1960 28,674
1970 29,430
1980 34,291
1990 38,835
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Dearborn County, Indiana, United States

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External links

www.rootsweb.com/~indearbo

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