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The largest county is Allen (657 sq. mi., 1,702 km 2) and the smallest is Ohio (86 sq. mi., 223 km 2). [3] According to the Constitution of Indiana, no county may be created of less than 400 square miles (1,000 km 2), nor may any county smaller than this be further reduced in size, which precludes any new counties. [4]
A post office was established at Friendswood in 1868, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1909. [4] One source speculates the name may indicate the presence of Friends, or Quakers. [5]
White County, Indiana (8 C, 4 P) Whitley County, Indiana (7 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Indiana counties" The following 93 pages are in this category, out of 93 total.
The village's mail was being sent to Ballstown in Ripley County, Indiana, the village was then renamed to Hart's Mill after the Harts, William, Robert, and Hiram. Using this name the village's mail was being sent to Hartsville, in Decatur County, IN. The townspeople then decided upon Friendship, after the “Friendship Lodge” The Masonic ...
Blue River Friends Hicksite Meeting House and Cemetery were established in a Quaker settlement northeast of Salem in Washington County, Indiana. The meeting house was built in 1815. They were added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 29, 2019. [1] [2] The meeting house is now called the Old Blue River Friends Church.
Friends' Bloomingdale Academy (previously, Western Manual Labor School) was an American Quaker coeducational school in Bloomingdale, Indiana that operated from 1846 to 1916. [1] For many years, this institution enjoyed the rank of an Indiana commissioned high school.
In 1834, Enos Adamson deeded 3 acres (12,000 m 2) east of Pendleton to the Society of Friends. Adamson was paid $15 for the land. In 1836 the congregation built a log house for worship on the ground. In 1857, a frame meeting house was constructed at a cost of $800. The meeting house is representative of the rural meeting houses of the period.
Four Presidents Corners is the quadripoint where the borders of four townships named for the third, fourth, fifth, and seventh American presidents meet in Allen County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [2] The townships are Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe, and Jackson. [3] [4]