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List of counties in Indiana

The U.S. state of Indiana is divided into 92 counties. The oldest and newest counties in Indiana are Knox County (created 1790) and Newton County (created 1857).

The largest county is Allen (657 sq. mi., 1,702 km²) and the smallest is Ohio (87 sq. mi., 225 km²). According to the Indiana Constitution, no county may be created of less than 400 square miles, nor may any county smaller than this be further reduced in size.

1 Indiana County Population at a glance
- 1.1 Other Notes
2 Current counties
3 Defunct counties
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

Indiana County Population at a glance

Indiana is one of the most spread out states in the midwest. Unlike Illinois and Michigan, which have at least 40% of their population in one or two cities, Indiana has no city of more than 800,000 and its population is spread almost evenly. The average population of Indiana's ninety-two counties according to 2006 U. S. Census estimates is 66,092 with Marion County as the most populous (860,454) and Ohio County (5,623) the least. Indiana also has one of the fewest number of counties that have less than 10,000 residents with only five, Benton, Ohio, Switzerland, Union, and Warren, and of those, Benton and Switzerland have more than 9,000. Altogether, only 19 Counties have less than 20,000 residents. 46 of Indiana's counties lie between 20,000 and 50,000 residents with 8 Counties having between 50,000 and 100,000 residents and 17 counties having more than 100,000 residents, 7 of which have more than 150,000 residents. Only four of those even border each other. Allen and Vanderburgh Counties contain the stand-alone metro areas of Evansville and Fort Wayne, while Lake, La Porte, and Porter are part of the Chicago metropolitan area with Saint Joseph and Elkhart continuing the chain eastward into the Michiana Area and Hamilton, Hendricks, Johnson and Marion Counties are in the Indianapolis metropolitan area. Delaware, Monroe, Porter, Saint Joseph Tippecanoe, Vanderburgh and Vigo Counties contain the large college towns that are home to the big universities of Ball State, Indiana University, Valparaiso University, University of Notre Dame, Purdue University, University of Evansville, University of Southern Indiana, and Indiana State University respectively. Only one, Marion, where Indianapolis is located, with more than 750,000, but less than 900,000 residents.

Other Notes

Marion County is a Unigov of the county and the city of Indianapolis.

Another merger is in the works between Evansville and Vanderburgh County.

Current counties

The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code, which is used by the United States government to uniquely identify counties, is provided with each entry. The links in the column FIPS County Code are to the Census Bureau Info page for that county. Listed are the 92 counties of the U.S. state of Indiana.

County	FIPS Code ^[1]	County seat ^[2]	Established ^[2]	Origin	Etymology	Population ^[2]	Area ^[2]
Adams County	001	Decatur	1835	Adams New Purchase	John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States	&0000000000033625.00000033,625	&0000000000000339.000000339 sq mi (&0000000000000878.000000878 km²)
Allen County	003	Fort Wayne	1824	Delaware New Purchase	Colonel John Allen, Kentucky state senator	&0000000000331849.000000331,849	&0000000000000657.000000657 sq mi (&0000000000001702.0000001,702 km²)
Bartholomew County	005	Columbus	1821	Jackson County and Delaware New Purchases	Lt. Col. Joseph Bartholomew	&0000000000071435.00000071,435	&0000000000000407.000000407 sq mi (&0000000000001054.0000001,054 km²)
Benton County	007	Fowler	1840	Jasper County	Thomas H. Benton, U.S. Senator from Missouri	&0000000000009421.0000009,421	&0000000000000406.000000406 sq mi (&0000000000001052.0000001,052 km²)
Blackford County	009	Hartford City	1838	Jay County	Judge Isaac Blackford, Speaker of the Indiana General Assembly and Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court	&0000000000014048.00000014,048	&0000000000000165.000000165 sq mi (&0000000000000427.000000427 km²)
Boone County	011	Lebanon	1830	Adams and Wabash New Purchases	Frontiersman Daniel Boone	&0000000000046107.00000046,107	&0000000000000423.000000423 sq mi (&0000000000001096.0000001,096 km²)
Brown County	013	Nashville	1836	Bartholomew County Jackson County Monroe County	General Jacob Brown	&0000000000014957.00000014,957	&0000000000000312.000000312 sq mi (&0000000000000808.000000808 km²)
Carroll County	015	Delphi	1828	Adams and Wabash New Purchases	Charles Carroll, signer of the Declaration of Independence	&0000000000020165.00000020,165	&0000000000000372.000000372 sq mi (&0000000000000963.000000963 km²)
Cass County	017	Logansport	1829	Non-County Area	Gen. Lewis Cass, Governor of Michigan Territory and U.S. Secretary of State	&0000000000040930.00000040,930	&0000000000000413.000000413 sq mi (&0000000000001070.0000001,070 km²)
Clark County	019	Jeffersonville	1801	Knox County	General George Rogers Clark	&0000000000105472.000000105,472	&0000000000000375.000000375 sq mi (&0000000000000971.000000971 km²)
Clay County	021	Brazil	1825	Owen County Putnam County Sullivan County Vigo County	Henry Clay	&0000000000026556.00000026,556	&0000000000000358.000000358 sq mi (&0000000000000927.000000927 km²)
Clinton County	023	Frankfort	1830	Adams and Wabash New Purchases	DeWitt Clinton, Governor of New York State	&0000000000033866.00000033,866	&0000000000000405.000000405 sq mi (&0000000000001049.0000001,049 km²)
Crawford County	025	English	1818	Orange County Harrison County Perry County	Col. William Crawford	&0000000000010743.00000010,743	&0000000000000306.000000306 sq mi (&0000000000000793.000000793 km²)
Daviess County	027	Washington	1816	Knox County	Col. Joseph H. Daviess	&0000000000030820.00000030,820	&0000000000000431.000000431 sq mi (&0000000000001116.0000001,116 km²)
Dearborn County	029	Lawrenceburg	1803	Clark County Hamilton County, OH	U.S. Secretary of War Henry Dearborn	&0000000000046109.00000046,109	&0000000000000305.000000305 sq mi (&0000000000000790.000000790 km²)
Decatur County	031	Greensburg	1822	Delaware New Purchase	Commodore Stephen Decatur	&0000000000024555.00000024,555	&0000000000000373.000000373 sq mi (&0000000000000966.000000966 km²)
DeKalb County	033	Auburn	1835	Non-County Area	Johann de Kalb	&0000000000040285.00000040,285	&0000000000000363.000000363 sq mi (&0000000000000940.000000940 km²)
Delaware County	035	Muncie	1827	Delaware New Purchase	Delaware Native American people	&0000000000118769.000000118,769	&0000000000000393.000000393 sq mi (&0000000000001018.0000001,018 km²)
Dubois County	037	Jasper	1818	Perry County Pike County	Toussaint Dubois	&0000000000039674.00000039,674	&0000000000000430.000000430 sq mi (&0000000000001114.0000001,114 km²)
Elkhart County	039	Goshen	1830	Non-County Area	Elkhart Native American people	&0000000000182791.000000182,791	&0000000000000464.000000464 sq mi (&0000000000001202.0000001,202 km²)
Fayette County	041	Connersville	1819	Franklin Wayne County and Non-County Area	Marquis de la Fayette	&0000000000025588.00000025,588	&0000000000000215.000000215 sq mi (&0000000000000557.000000557 km²)
Floyd County	043	New Albany	1819	Clark and Harrison Counties	Col. John Floyd, early settler Davis Floyd or early settler John Floyd	&0000000000078823.00000078,823	&0000000000000148.000000148 sq mi (&0000000000000383.000000383 km²)
Fountain County	045	Covington	1825	Montgomery County and Wabash New Purchase	Maj. James Fontaine	&0000000000017954.00000017,954	&0000000000000396.000000396 sq mi (&0000000000001026.0000001,026 km²)
Franklin County	047	Brookville	1810	Clark County Dearborn County Knox County	Benjamin Franklin	&0000000000022151.00000022,151	&0000000000000386.000000386 sq mi (&0000000000001000.0000001,000 km²)
Fulton County	049	Rochester	1835	Non-County Area	Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat	&0000000000020511.00000020,511	&0000000000000368.000000368 sq mi (&0000000000000953.000000953 km²)
Gibson County	051	Princeton	1813	Knox County	John Gibson, a secretary of the Indiana Territory	&0000000000038700.00000038,700	&0000000000000526.000000526 sq mi (&0000000000001362.0000001,362 km²)
Grant County	053	Marion	1831	Formed from Madison County, Adams New Purchase and Un-Organized	Captains Samuel and Moses Grant	&0000000000073403.00000073,403	&0000000000000414.000000414 sq mi (&0000000000001072.0000001,072 km²)
Greene County	055	Bloomfield	1821	Sullivan County Non-County Area	Gen. Nathanael Greene	&0000000000032157.00000032,157	&0000000000000522.000000522 sq mi (&0000000000001352.0000001,352 km²)
Hamilton County	057	Noblesville	1823	Formed from Delaware New Purchase	Alexander Hamilton	&0000000000255740.000000255,740	&0000000000000388.000000388 sq mi (&0000000000001005.0000001,005 km²)
Hancock County	059	Greenfield	1827	Formed from Madison County	John Hancock	&0000000000055391.00000055,391	&0000000000000306.000000306 sq mi (&0000000000000793.000000793 km²)
Harrison County	061	Corydon	1808	Formed from Clark and Knox County	William Henry Harrison, governor of Indiana Territory and U.S. President	&0000000000034325.00000034,325	&0000000000000485.000000485 sq mi (&0000000000001256.0000001,256 km²)
Hendricks County	063	Danville	1824	Formed from Delaware and Wabash New Purchase	Governor of Indiana William Hendricks	&0000000000104093.000000104,093	&0000000000000408.000000408 sq mi (&0000000000001057.0000001,057 km²)
Henry County	065	New Castle	1822	Formed from Delaware New Purchase	Patrick Henry	&0000000000048508.00000048,508	&0000000000000393.000000393 sq mi (&0000000000001018.0000001,018 km²)
Howard County	067	Kokomo	1844	Formed from Un-Organized (Formally Richardville)	Gen. Tilghman Howard, a U.S. Representative from Indiana	&0000000000084964.00000084,964	&0000000000000293.000000293 sq mi (&0000000000000759.000000759 km²)
Huntington County	069	Huntington	1832	Formed from Adams New Purchase and Un-Organized	Samuel Huntington, signer the Declaration of Independence	&0000000000038075.00000038,075	&0000000000000383.000000383 sq mi (&0000000000000992.000000992 km²)
Jackson County	071	Brownstown	1816	Formed from Clark, Jefferson and Washington	U.S. President Andrew Jackson	&0000000000041335.00000041,335	&0000000000000509.000000509 sq mi (&0000000000001318.0000001,318 km²)
Jasper County	073	Rensselaer	1835	Formed from Wabash New Purchase	Sgt. William Jasper	&0000000000030043.00000030,043	&0000000000000560.000000560 sq mi (&0000000000001450.0000001,450 km²)
Jay County	075	Portland	1835	Formed from Adams New Purchase	John Jay, first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court	&0000000000021806.00000021,806	&0000000000000384.000000384 sq mi (&0000000000000995.000000995 km²)
Jefferson County	077	Madison	1811	Formed from Clark, Dearborn and Knox County	U.S. President Thomas Jefferson	&0000000000031705.00000031,705	&0000000000000361.000000361 sq mi (&0000000000000935.000000935 km²)
Jennings County	079	Vernon	1817	Formed from Jackson and Jefferson Counties	The first Governor of Indiana, Jonathan Jennings	&0000000000027554.00000027,554	&0000000000000377.000000377 sq mi (&0000000000000976.000000976 km²)
Johnson County	081	Franklin	1823	Formed from Delaware New Purchase	John Johnson, a judge of the Indiana Supreme Court	&0000000000115209.000000115,209	&0000000000000320.000000320 sq mi (&0000000000000829.000000829 km²)
Knox County	083	Vincennes	1790	Original County	U.S. Secretary of War Henry Knox	&0000000000039256.00000039,256	&0000000000000516.000000516 sq mi (&0000000000001336.0000001,336 km²)
Kosciusko County	085	Warsaw	1835	Formed from Un-Organized	Tadeusz Kościuszko	&0000000000074057.00000074,057	&0000000000000538.000000538 sq mi (&0000000000001393.0000001,393 km²)
LaGrange County	087	LaGrange	1832	Formed from Un-Organized	The Marquis de la Fayette's home outside of Paris, France	&0000000000034909.00000034,909	&0000000000000387.000000387 sq mi (&0000000000001002.0000001,002 km²)
Lake County	089	Crown Point	1836	Formed from Newton and Porter Counties	Its location on Lake Michigan	&0000000000484564.000000484,564	&0000000000000380.000000380 sq mi (&0000000000000984.000000984 km²)
LaPorte County	091	LaPorte	1832	Formed from St. Joseph and Un-Organized	LaPorte means the door or the port in the French language	&0000000000110106.000000110,106	&0000000000000497.000000497 sq mi (&0000000000001287.0000001,287 km²)
Lawrence County	093	Bedford	1818	Formed from Orange	Capt. James Lawrence	&0000000000045922.00000045,922	&0000000000000449.000000449 sq mi (&0000000000001163.0000001,163 km²)
Madison County	095	Anderson	1823	Formed from Delaware New Purchase	U.S. President James Madison	&0000000000133358.000000133,358	&0000000000000452.000000452 sq mi (&0000000000001171.0000001,171 km²)
Marion County	097	Indianapolis	1822	Formed from Delaware New Purchase	Gen. Francis Marion	&0000000000860454.000000860,454	&0000000000000396.000000396 sq mi (&0000000000001026.0000001,026 km²)
Marshall County	099	Plymouth	1835	Formed from St. Joseph County	U.S. Chief Justice John Marshall	&0000000000045128.00000045,128	&0000000000000444.000000444 sq mi (&0000000000001150.0000001,150 km²)
Martin County	101	Shoals	1820	Formed from Daviess and Dubois Counties	Maj. John T. Martin	&0000000000010369.00000010,369	&0000000000000336.000000336 sq mi (&0000000000000870.000000870 km²)
Miami County	103	Peru	1832	Formed from Cass County and Un-Organized	Miami Native American people	&0000000000036082.00000036,082	&0000000000000376.000000376 sq mi (&0000000000000974.000000974 km²)
Monroe County	105	Bloomington	1818	Formed from Orange County	U.S. President James Monroe	&0000000000120563.000000120,563	&0000000000000394.000000394 sq mi (&0000000000001020.0000001,020 km²)
Montgomery County	107	Crawfordsville	1823	Formed from Wabash New Purchase	Gen. Richard Montgomery	&0000000000037629.00000037,629	&0000000000000505.000000505 sq mi (&0000000000001308.0000001,308 km²)
Morgan County	109	Martinsville	1822	Formed from Delaware and Wabash New Purchase	Gen. Daniel Morgan	&0000000000066689.00000066,689	&0000000000000406.000000406 sq mi (&0000000000001052.0000001,052 km²)
Newton County	111	Kentland	1859	Formed from Jasper County	Sgt. John Newton	&0000000000014566.00000014,566	&0000000000000402.000000402 sq mi (&0000000000001041.0000001,041 km²)
Noble County	113	Albion	1835	Formed from Un-Organized	James Noble, the first U.S. Senator from Indiana	&0000000000046275.00000046,275	&0000000000000411.000000411 sq mi (&0000000000001064.0000001,064 km²)
Ohio County	115	Rising Sun	1844	Formed from Dearborn County	The Ohio River	&0000000000005623.0000005,623	&0000000000000087.00000087 sq mi (&0000000000000225.000000225 km²)
Orange County	117	Paoli	1816	Formed from Gibson, Knox and Washington	Orange County, North Carolina, in turn named for the Dutch Protestant House of Orange	&0000000000019306.00000019,306	&0000000000000400.000000400 sq mi (&0000000000001036.0000001,036 km²)
Owen County	119	Spencer	1819	Formed from Daviess and Sullivan County	Abraham Owen	&0000000000021786.00000021,786	&0000000000000385.000000385 sq mi (&0000000000000997.000000997 km²)
Parke County	121	Rockville	1821	Formed from Vigo County	Benjamin Parke, a delegate of Indiana Territory to the U.S. Congress	&0000000000017241.00000017,241	&0000000000000445.000000445 sq mi (&0000000000001153.0000001,153 km²)
Perry County	123	Tell City	1814	Formed from Gibson and Warrick Counties	Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry	&0000000000018899.00000018,899	&0000000000000381.000000381 sq mi (&0000000000000987.000000987 km²)
Pike County	125	Petersburg	1817	Formed from Gibson and Perry County	Zebulon M. Pike	&0000000000012837.00000012,837	&0000000000000336.000000336 sq mi (&0000000000000870.000000870 km²)
Porter County	127	Valparaiso	1835	Formed from Un-Organized	Capt. David Porter	&0000000000146798.000000146,798	&0000000000000418.000000418 sq mi (&0000000000001083.0000001,083 km²)
Posey County	129	Mount Vernon	1814	Formed from Warrick County	Thomas Posey, a governor of Indiana Territory	&0000000000027061.00000027,061	&0000000000000408.000000408 sq mi (&0000000000001057.0000001,057 km²)
Pulaski County	131	Winamac	1835	Formed from Un-Organized	Kazimierz Pułaski	&0000000000013755.00000013,755	&0000000000000434.000000434 sq mi (&0000000000001124.0000001,124 km²)
Putnam County	133	Greencastle	1822	Formed from Owen County and Wabash New Purchase	Gen. Israel Putnam	&0000000000036019.00000036,019	&0000000000000480.000000480 sq mi (&0000000000001243.0000001,243 km²)
Randolph County	135	Winchester	1818	Formed from Wayne County	Either Thomas Randolph, a soldier killed at the Battle of Tippecanoe, or for Randolph County, North Carolina	&0000000000027401.00000027,401	&0000000000000453.000000453 sq mi (&0000000000001173.0000001,173 km²)
Ripley County	137	Versailles	1816	Formed from Dearborn and Jefferson County	Gen. Eleazer Wheelock Ripley	&0000000000026523.00000026,523	&0000000000000446.000000446 sq mi (&0000000000001155.0000001,155 km²)
Rush County	139	Rushville	1822	Formed from Delaware New Purchase	Dr. Benjamin Rush, signer the Declaration of Independence	&0000000000018261.00000018,261	&0000000000000408.000000408 sq mi (&0000000000001057.0000001,057 km²)
St. Joseph County	141	South Bend	1830	Formed from Un-Organized	St. Joseph River, which flows through it toward Lake Michigan	&0000000000301559.000000301,559	&0000000000000457.000000457 sq mi (&0000000000001184.0000001,184 km²)
Scott County	143	Scottsburg	1820	Formed from Clark, Jefferson, Jennings and Washington Counties	Charles Scott, Governor of Kentucky	&0000000000022960.00000022,960	&0000000000000190.000000190 sq mi (&0000000000000492.000000492 km²)
Shelby County	145	Shelbyville	1822	Formed from Delaware New Purchase	Gen. Isaac Shelby, Governor of Kentucky	&0000000000043445.00000043,445	&0000000000000413.000000413 sq mi (&0000000000001070.0000001,070 km²)
Spencer County	147	Rockport	1818	Formed from Perry and Warrick Counties	Capt. Spier Spencer	&0000000000020391.00000020,391	&0000000000000399.000000399 sq mi (&0000000000001033.0000001,033 km²)
Starke County	149	Knox	1835	Formed from St. Joseph County and Un-Organized	Gen. John Stark	&0000000000023556.00000023,556	&0000000000000309.000000309 sq mi (&0000000000000800.000000800 km²)
Steuben County	151	Angola	1835	Formed from Un-Organized	Baron Frederick von Steuben	&0000000000033214.00000033,214	&0000000000000309.000000309 sq mi (&0000000000000800.000000800 km²)
Sullivan County	153	Sullivan	1817	Formed from Knox	Daniel Sullivan	&0000000000021751.00000021,751	&0000000000000447.000000447 sq mi (&0000000000001158.0000001,158 km²)
Switzerland County	155	Vevay	1814	Formed from Dearborn and Jefferson County	The home country of many of the early settlers, Switzerland	&0000000000009065.0000009,065	&0000000000000221.000000221 sq mi (&0000000000000572.000000572 km²)
Tippecanoe County	157	Lafayette	1825	Formed from Wabash New Purchase and Un-Organized	The Tippecanoe River and the Battle of Tippecanoe	&0000000000148955.000000148,955	&0000000000000500.000000500 sq mi (&0000000000001295.0000001,295 km²)
Tipton County	159	Tipton	1844	Formed from Adams New Purchase and Un-Organized	John Tipton	&0000000000016577.00000016,577	&0000000000000260.000000260 sq mi (&0000000000000673.000000673 km²)
Union County	161	Liberty	1821	The union of parts of Fayette, Franklin and Wayne counties	?	&0000000000007349.0000007,349	&0000000000000162.000000162 sq mi (&0000000000000420.000000420 km²)
Vanderburgh County	163	Evansville	1818	Gibson County Posey County Warrick County	Henry Vanderburgh, a judge for Indiana Territory	&0000000000188922.000000188,922	&0000000000000235.000000235 sq mi (&0000000000000609.000000609 km²)
Vermillion County	165	Newport	1824	Formed from Parke County and Wasbash New Purchase	The Vermillion River	&0000000000016788.00000016,788	&0000000000000257.000000257 sq mi (&0000000000000666.000000666 km²)
Vigo County	167	Terre Haute	1818	Formed from Sullivan County	Francis Vigo	&0000000000105848.000000105,848	&0000000000000403.000000403 sq mi (&0000000000001044.0000001,044 km²)
Wabash County	169	Wabash	1832	Formed from Adams New Purchase and Un-Organized	The Wabash River	&0000000000034960.00000034,960	&0000000000000413.000000413 sq mi (&0000000000001070.0000001,070 km²)
Warren County	171	Williamsport	1827	Formed from Wabash New Purchase and Un-Organized	Dr. Joseph Warren	&0000000000008419.0000008,419	&0000000000000365.000000365 sq mi (&0000000000000945.000000945 km²)
Warrick County	173	Boonville	1813	Knox County	Capt. Jacob Warrick	&0000000000060010.00000060,010	&0000000000000384.000000384 sq mi (&0000000000000995.000000995 km²)
Washington County	175	Salem	1814	Clark, Harrison and Knox Counties	U.S. President George Washington	&0000000000027223.00000027,223	&0000000000000514.000000514 sq mi (&0000000000001331.0000001,331 km²)
Wayne County	177	Richmond	1810	Formed from Clark, Dearborn and Knox	Gen. "Mad" Anthony Wayne	&0000000000071097.00000071,097	&0000000000000404.000000404 sq mi (&0000000000001046.0000001,046 km²)
Wells County	179	Bluffton	1835	Formed from Adams New Purchase	Capt. William A. Wells	&0000000000027600.00000027,600	&0000000000000370.000000370 sq mi (&0000000000000958.000000958 km²)
White County	181	Monticello	1834	Formed from Wabash New Purchase and Un-Organized	Capt. Isaac White	&0000000000025267.00000025,267	&0000000000000505.000000505 sq mi (&0000000000001308.0000001,308 km²)
Whitley County	183	Columbia City	1835	Formed from Un-Organized	Col. William Whitley	&0000000000030707.00000030,707	&0000000000000336.000000336 sq mi (&0000000000000870.000000870 km²)