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Vincennes, Indiana. / 38.67833°N 87.51611°W / 38.67833; -87.51611. Vincennes is a city in, and the county seat of, Knox County, Indiana, United States. [ 4] It is located on the lower Wabash River in the southwestern part of the state, nearly halfway between Evansville and Terre Haute.
This is a list of properties and districts in Indiana that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are over 2,000 in total. Of these, 44 are National Historic Landmarks. Each of Indiana's 92 counties has at least two listings. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude ...
Oldest building in New Albany. Built by one of the town's founders Joel Scribner. Aunt Lucy Detraz House. Vevay, Indiana. ca. 1814. Residence. Barrett-Gate House. New Harmony, Indiana. ca. 1814.
Aurora 39°03′14″N84°54′06″W / 39.0539°N 84.9017°W / 39.0539; -84.9017 (Thomas Gaff House (Hillforest)) Dearborn. Located above the Ohio River, Hillforest was built in 1855 in the Italian Renaissance architectural style. Designed by Isaiah Rogers, its full-width frontal porch is reminiscent of a steamboat's deck.
Richard Lieber was instrumental in the foundation of the Indiana State Park system. The first state park in Indiana was McCormick's Creek State Park, in Owen County in 1916, followed in the same year by Turkey Run State Park in Parke County. The number of state parks rose steadily in the 1920s, mostly by donations of land from local authorities ...
Oldest continuously inhabited city in Uzbekistan. One of the oldest cities of Pakistan. The city of Pataliputra was formed by fortification of a village by Haryanka ruler Ajatashatru, son of Bimbisara . The first record of Sialkot dates from the invasion of Alexander the Great, who conquered upper Punjab in 326 BCE.
The history of Evansville, Indiana spans hundreds of years, with thousands of years of human habitation. The area's geography and location on a bend in the Ohio River attracted people from the earliest times. The city was founded in 1812 and was named by its founder, Hugh McGary, after Col. Robert M. Evans. Because of its position on the river ...
Valparaiso (/ ˌ v æ l p ə ˈ r eɪ z oʊ / val-pə-RAY-zoh), colloquially Valpo, is a city and the county seat of Porter County, Indiana, United States. [4] The population was 34,151 at the 2020 census .