Timeline of Warren County, Indiana history

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This article is a timeline of Warren County, Indiana history.

Contents 1 19th century 1.1 1800s 1.2 1810s 1.3 1820s 1.4 1830s 1.5 1840s 1.6 1850s 1.7 1860s 1.8 1870s 1.9 1880s 1.10 1890s 2 20th century 2.1 1900s 2.2 1910s 2.3 1920s 2.4 1930s 2.5 1940s 2.6 1950s 2.7 1960s 2.8 1970s 2.9 1980s 2.10 1990s 3 21st century 3.1 2000s 4 References

[edit] 19th century

[edit] 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.

[edit] 1810s

• 1816 December 11 – Indiana is admitted to the Union.

[edit] 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.
• 1829 – Baltimore established along the Wabash River.
• 1829 June – Williamsport becomes the county seat.
• 1829 September 28 – Williamsport post office established.

[edit] 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 – First Warren County jail constructed.
• 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.
• 1836 February 5 – Rainsville post office established.
• 1837 December 2 – Poolesville post office established at Milford (Green Hill).
• 1838 September 15 – The Potawatomi Trail of Death camps in what was to become Kent Township.

[edit] 1840s

• 1848 – Adams Township formed.
• 1849 – New Warren County jail constructed.

[edit] 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.
• 1854 March – Williamsport incorporated.
• 1857 April 6 – Marshfield post office established.
• 1857 May 22 – Marshfield platted.
• 1857 June 29 – State Line City platted by Robert Casement.

[edit] 1860s

• 1861 February 11 – President-elect Abraham Lincoln delivers a brief speech in State Line.
• 1850 – Kent Township formed.
• 1869 – Green Hill incorporated.
• 1869 – West Lebanon incorporated.

[edit] 1870s

• 1872 – Pumpkin Vine Railroad constructed through Warren County to carry coal.
• 1874 July 8 – Johnsonville platted by John R. Johnson, Senior.
• 1875 December 2 – Johnsonville post office established.

[edit] 1880s

• 1880 – Pumpkin Vine Railroad becomes defunct.
• 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.

[edit] 1890s

• 1890 December 25 – Hotel at the Indiana Mineral Springs (later called Hotel Mudlavia) is opened by H. L. Kramer.

[edit] 20th century

[edit] 1900s

• 1901 March 23 – Indiana Mineral Springs (formerly Cameron Springs) renamed to Kramer.
• 1902 September – Pence established by Frank R. Pence.
• 1903 February 9 – Judyville platted by John F. Judy.
• 1903 October 12 – Pence post office established.
• 1903 October 1 – Judyville post office established.
• 1904 September 15 – Rainsville post office closes.
• 1905 January 9 – Williamsport resident Frank Hanly begins his four-year term as state governor.
• 1905 November 25 – Tab platted by Harrison "Tab" Goodwine.
• 1907 January 20 – The county's third courthouse building burns.^[2]
• 1907 April 8 – Tab post office established.
• 1907 August 31 – Johnsonville post office closes.
• 1907 October – Construction begins on the fourth (and current) courthouse.^[2]

[edit] 1910s

• 1914 June 18 – Sloan post office established.
• 1916 – West Lebanon's Carnegie library opens.
• 1917 – Williamsport's Carnegie library opens.

[edit] 1920s

• 1920 February 29 – Hotel Mudlavia is destroyed by fire.
• 1922 April 17 – A tornado decimates Hedrick.
• 1922 October - The Chicago, Attica and Southern Railroad is incorporated.

[edit] 1930s

[edit] 1940s

• 1941 November 29 – Sloan post office closes.
• 1945 – The Chicago, Attica and Southern Railroad is scrapped.

[edit] 1950s

• 1950 January 31 – Independence post office closes.
• 1955 April 30 – Tab post office closes.
• 1957 April 5 – Pence post office closes.
• 1959 – Classes begin at the newly-constructed Seeger Memorial Junior-Senior High School north of West Lebanon, replacing several other older high schools in the county.

[edit] 1960s

• 1961 January 6 – Judyville post office closes.

[edit] 1970s

• 1973 Fall – Seeger High School adopts the Patriot as its mascot, replacing the Indian.

[edit] 1980s

• 1985 April 12 – Green Hill native Donald E. Williams makes his first space flight as pilot of the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-51-D).
• 1988 July 4 – Fire destroys several buildings along North Monroe Street in Williamsport, including the offices of the school district. The fire is later ruled arson and the suspect convicted.
• 1989 – Marshfield post office closes.
• 1989 October 18 – Donald Williams flies aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-34) and assists in the deployment of the Galileo spacecraft.

[edit] 1990s

[edit] 21st century

[edit] 2000s

• 2001 August 1 – An accidental fire destroys the home of Judyville founder John F. Judy.
• 2002 – Newly-constructed Williamsport-Washington Township Public Library opens.
• 2004 – Seeger High School wins the Indiana Class 1A State Football Championship.
• 2006 October 8 – Fire severely damages the Williamsport-Washington Township Public Library.
• 2007 Fall – Renovated Williamsport-Washington Township Public Library reopens.

[edit] References

Unless otherwise cited, information is drawn from:

• Warren County Historical Society (1966), A History of Warren County, Indiana
• Warren County Historical Society (2002), A History of Warren County, Indiana (175th Anniversary Edition)

Other references:

1. ^ Clifton, Thomas A. (ed.) (1913). Past and Present of Fountain and Warren Counties, Indiana. Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen & Co.. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Counts, Will; Jon Dilts (1991). The 92 Magnificent Indiana Courthouses. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, pp. 178, 179. ISBN 978-0253336385.