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Name | Dearborn |
Alt names | Dearborn | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
Type | County |
Coordinates | 39.167°N 84.9°W |
Located in | Indiana, United States (1803 - ) |
See also | Franklin, Indiana, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Hamilton, Indiana, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Ohio, Indiana, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Randolph, Indiana, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Switzerland, Indiana, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Wayne, Indiana, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
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.
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.
Timeline
Date | Event | Source
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1803 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1806 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1810 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1821 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1824 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1824 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1850 | 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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1810 | 7,310
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1820 | 11,468
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1830 | 13,974
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1840 | 19,327
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1850 | 20,166
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1860 | 24,406
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1870 | 24,116
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1880 | 26,671
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1890 | 23,364
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1900 | 22,194
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1910 | 21,396
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1920 | 20,033
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1930 | 21,056
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1940 | 23,053
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1950 | 25,141
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1960 | 28,674
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1970 | 29,430
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1980 | 34,291
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1990 | 38,835
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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Dearborn County, Indiana, United States
Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~indearbo
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