Place:Orange, Indiana, United States

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Place Information
Name
Orange
Alternate names
Orange     (Getty Vocabulary Program)
Type
County
Coordinates
38.55°N 86.467°W
Located in
Indiana, United States     (1816 - )
See also
Harrison, Indiana, United States     (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
Knox, Indiana, United States     (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
Contained Places

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Inhabited place
Abydel
Bacon
Bonds
Braxtons Siding
Bromer
Chambersburg
Ethel
Fargo
French Lick
Greenbrier
Hindostan
Leipsic
Lost River
Mahan Crossing
Millersburg
Newton Stewart
Orangeville
Orleans
Paoli
Pearsontown
Pine Valley
Prospect
Pumpkin Center
Rego
Roland
Scarlet
Syria
Trotter Crossing
Turleys
Valeene
West Baden Springs
Woodlawn Grove
Youngs Creek
Township
French Lick (township)
Jackson
North West
Northeast
Orangeville (township)
Orleans (township)
Paoli (township)
Southeast
Stampers Creek
Unknown
French Lick Springs
West Baden
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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

Orange County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2000, the population was 19,306. The county seat is Paoli6.

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History

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Orange County was formed from parts of Knox, Gibson and Washington Counties in 1816. The County Seat is at Paoli, which 'may' have been named in remembrance of the Paoli massacre during the Revolutionary War. The early settlers were mostly Quakers fleeing the institution of slavery in the Carolinas. [1]

Some sources say the County was named for Orange County, North Carolina. (See List of Indiana county name etymologies). The name Orange derives from the Dutch Protestant House of Orange, which acquired the English throne with the accession of King William III in 1689, following the Glorious Revolution.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1816 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1816 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1816 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1816 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1820 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1820 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
1820 5,368
1830 7,901
1840 9,602
1850 10,809
1860 12,076
1870 13,497
1880 14,363
1890 14,678
1900 16,854
1910 17,192
1920 16,974
1930 17,459
1940 17,311
1950 16,879
1960 16,877
1970 16,968
1980 18,677
1990 18,409
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External links

www.usgennet.org/usa/in/county/orange

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