Timeline of Warren County, Indiana history

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

19th century

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.

1810s

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

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.

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.

1840s

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

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.

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.

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.

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.cite book
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first = Thomas A. (ed.)
title = Past and Present of Fountain and Warren Counties, Indiana
publisher = B. F. Bowen & Co.
location = Indianapolis
date = 1913]
* 1885 November 5 – Cameron Springs post office established.
* 1886 – The county's third courthouse is constructed.cite book
last = Counts
first = Will
coauthors = Jon Dilts
title = The 92 Magnificent Indiana Courthouses
publisher = Indiana University Press
date = 1991
location = Bloomington, Indiana
isbn = 978-0253336385
pages = pp. 178, 179]

* 1889 June 12 – Cameron Springs renamed to Indiana Mineral Springs.

1890s

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

20th century

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.
* 1907 April 8 – Tab post office established.
* 1907 August 31 – Johnsonville post office closes.
* 1907 October – Construction begins on the fourth (and current) courthouse.

1910s

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

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.

1930s

1940s

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

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.

1960s

* 1961 January 6 – Judyville post office closes.

1970s

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

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.

1990s

21st century

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.

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)"

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