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English: This is a locator map showing Posey County in Indiana. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006: Source:
The lowest point in the state of Indiana is located on the Ohio River in Posey County, where the Wabash River flows into it, and Posey County's highest point (590 feet/180 meters ASL) is a small rise 1.6 miles (2.6 km) SSW from Saint Wendel, near the county's southeast corner. [8] Posey county lies at the tripoint of Indiana, Kentucky and Illinois.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Posey 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]
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Mount Vernon is the county seat and largest city in Posey County, named for General Thomas Posey, Governor of the Indiana Territory. He grew up at a plantation adjacent to George Washington's Mount Vernon. He was widely rumored to be Washington's illegitimate son, but this was dismissed by Posey's biographer, John Thornton Posey, a descendant. [5]
Black Township is one of ten townships in Posey County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census , its population was 9,032. [ 3 ] The township is the largest both in terms of area and population in Posey County.
Point Township is one of ten townships in Posey County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 306. [3] The lowest, the southernmost, and the westernmost points in Indiana are all located along the township's boundaries.
Posey County: 129: Mount Vernon: Nov 11, 1814: Gibson County Warrick County: Thomas Posey, governor of Indiana Territory: 65 25,040: 410 sq mi (1,062 km 2) Pulaski County: 131: Winamac: Feb 7, 1835: un-organized: Kazimierz PuĊaski, Polish-born noble who led the colonial cavalry in the American Revolutionary War: 66 12,385: 434 sq mi (1,124 km ...