Northwestern Indiana from 1800 to 1900A regional history written by Timothy H. Ball . . . .
Source Citation:
Ball, Timothy H. 1900.
Northwestern
Indiana from 1800 to 1900 or A View of Our Region Through the Nineteenth Century.
Chicago, Illinois: Donohue and Henneberry. 570 p.
NORTHWESTERN INDIANA FROM 1800 TO 1900
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CHAPTER IX.
TOWNSHIPS AND STATISTICS.
The maps in this Book will give
the names and show the locations of the townships in some of the counties; but
they may fittingly all be named here.
Of La Porte County they are: Commencing at the northeast, Hudson, Galena,
Springfield, Michigan, Cool Spring, Center, Kankakee, Wills, Lincoln, Pleasant,
Scipio, New Durham, Clinton, Noble, Union, Johnson, Hanna, Cass, and Dewey --
19.
Of Porter County: Pine, Westchester, Portage, Liberty, and Jackson; Washington,
Center, and Union; Porter and Morgan; Pleasant and Boone -- 12.
Of Lake they are: Hobart, Calumet, North; St. Johns, Ross; Winfield, Center,
Hanover; West Creek, Cedar Creek, and Eagle Creek -- 11.
Of Newton: Lincoln, Lake, McClellan, Colfax; Jackson, Beaver; Washington,
Iroquois; Grant and Jefferson -- 10.
Of Jasper: Kankakee, Wheatfield, Keener, Union, Walker, Gillam; Barkley, Newton,
Marion, Hanging Grove; Milroy, Jordan, Carpenter -- 13.
Of White: Cass, Liberty, Monon; Princeton, Honey Creek; Union, Jackson; West
Point, Big Creek, Prairie, and Round Grove -- 11.
Of Pulaski: Tippecanoe, Franklin, Rich Grove, Cass; White Post, Jefferson,
Monroe, Harrison; Van Buren, Indian Creek, Beaver, and Salem -- 12.
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Of Starke the townships are: Oregon, Davis; Jackson, Center, Washington; North
Bend, California; Wayne and Rail Road -- 9. In all 97 townships.
Having looked at some of the physical features of this region, having looked
over the names of some of the early settlers, having reviewed some
characteristics of pioneer life, and having seen the beginnings of organic civil
life, before entering upon the records and changes in the last half of this
century, the following table, which will show the growth of twenty years of
pioneer life on the north side and south side of the Kankakee River, is worthy
of attention.
Population, Farms, and Families in 1850 --
|
Counties. |
Pop. |
Farms. |
Families. |
|
Lake |
3,991 |
423 |
715 |
|
Porter |
5,234 |
467 |
885 |
|
La Porte |
12,145 |
1,116 |
2,150 |
|
Starke |
557 |
53 |
101 |
|
Pulaski |
2,595 |
286 |
454 |
|
White |
4,761 |
458 |
825 |
|
Jasper (then including Newton) |
3,540 |
343 |
592 |
|
Total |
32,823 |
3,146 |
5,722 |
At this time
there were in these counties, included in the population as given above, of free
blacks, in Lake 1, in Porter 5, in La Porte 78, in Starke 0, in Pulaski 0, in
White 9, in Jasper, including Newton 1.
It seems families were larger then than now, there being between five and six
members in each family. We now average about four in a family.
Our towns at this date were all small. In 1850, the largest one, Michigan City,
had a population of 999, ranking next in the State to Columbus, which
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then had as its population 1,008. At that time New
Albany, the largest city in the State, had of inhabitants 8,181, and
Indianapolis, ranking second, 8,091. There were then in
Indiana twenty-three other
towns, counting Columbus, with a population above one thousand, but only nine
others having over two thousand. The railroads had not cut up North-Western
Indiana when the
census of 1850 was taken. Indiana
then had ninety-one counties.
NAVIGATION OF
NORTHWESTERN INDIANA FROM 1800 TO 1900
FRONT MATTER AND DEDICATION
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1
- GENERAL OUTLINES
CHAPTER 2
- THE INDIANS
CHAPTER 3
- THE EARLY SETTLERS
CHAPTER 4
- WHAT THE EARLY SETTLERS FOUND
CHAPTER 5
- PIONEER LIFE
CHAPTER 6
- COUNTY ORGANIZATIONS
CHAPTER 7
- OUR LAKES AND STREAMS
CHAPTER 8
- LAKE MICHIGAN WATER SHED
CHAPTER 9
- TOWNSHIP AND STATISTICS
CHAPTER
10 - RAILROAD LIFE
CHAPTER
11 - POLITICAL HISTORY
CHAPTER
12 - THE WAR RECORD
CHAPTER
13 - RELIGIOUS HISTORY
CHAPTER
14 - RELIGIOUS HISTORY
CHAPTER
15 - RELIGIOUS HISTORY
CHAPTER
16 - SUNDAY SCHOOLS
CHAPTER
17 - TOWNS AND VILLAGES OF NEWTON AND JASPER
CHAPTER
18 - TOWNS AND VILLAGES OF WHITE, PULASKI AND STARKE
CHAPTER
19 - VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES OF LAKE
CHAPTER
20 - VILLAGES AND TOWNS OF PORTER
CHAPTER
21 - VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES OF LA PORTE
CHAPTER
22 - EARLY TRAVELS
CHAPTER
23 - PUBLIC SCHOOLS
CHAPTER
24 - PRIVATE AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS
CHAPTER
25 - LIBRARIES
CHAPTER
26 - OTHER INDUSTRIES
CHAPTER
27 - SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS
CHAPTER
28 - THE KANKAKEE REGION
CHAPTER
29 - DRAINING MARSHES
CHAPTER
30 - ANIMALS AND PLANTS
CHAPTER
31 - MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
CHAPTER
32 - COURT HOUSES
CHAPTER
33 - ARCHAEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS
CHAPTER
34 - BIRTH PLACES OF PIONEERS
CHAPTER
35 - McCARTY
CHAPTER
36 - ATTEMPTS TO CHANGE
CHAPTER
37 - ALTITUDES
CHAPTER
38 - MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
CHAPTER
39 - SOME STATISTICS
CHAPTER
40 - WEATHER RECORD
CONCLUSION
Transcribed by Steven R. Shook, April 2012