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Vigo County (/ ˈ v iː ɡ oʊ / VEE-goh) is a county on the western border of the U.S. state of Indiana. According to the 2020 United States census , it had a population of 106,153. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Terre Haute .
Location of Vigo County in Indiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Vigo County, Indiana, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. [1]
Location of Vigo County in Indiana. This is a list of the Indiana state historical markers in Vigo County. This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Vigo County, Indiana, United States by the Indiana Historical Bureau. The locations of the historical markers and their latitude and longitude ...
The site, located in present-day Vigo County, Indiana, at the northern edge of Terre Haute, was only two miles from the Wea village of Weauteno. It was said to be the location of a historic battle involving the Illiniwek , and was initially called Camp Bataille des Illinois . [ 4 ]
Vigo County was formed in 1818 by the Indiana General Assembly and construction of the county's first courthouse began that year. In the meantime, the temporary courthouse was the Eagle and Lion Tavern on the corner of Wabash Avenue and Second Street. [3]
Vigo County Home for Dependent Children, also known as the Glenn Home, is a historic orphanage located in Lost Creek Township, Vigo County, Indiana.The main building was built in 1903, and is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, Colonial Revival style brick building on a raised basement.
Sep. 3—Suzy Quick, curator of the Vigo County History Center, has been named the new county historian in Vigo County. Quick is a 1995 graduate of Terre Haute South Vigo High School. Quick in ...
A mob of white Vigo County, Indiana, residents lynched George Ward, a black man, on February 26, 1901 in Terre Haute, Indiana, for the suspected murder of a white woman. An example of a spectacle lynching, the event was public in nature and drew a crowd of over 1,000 white participants. Ward was dragged from a jail cell in broad daylight ...