Spencer County, IN

Headnote
SPENCER COUNTY, situated on the southerly boundary of Indiana, with Ohio river on the south. Area, 400 square miles. Face of the country, hilly and broken; soil, fertile. Seat of justice, Rockport. Pop. in 1820, 1,882; in 1830, 3,196; in 1840, 6,305; in 1850, 8,620. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Indiana

Spencer County, Indiana (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
SPENCER COUNTY, situated on the southerly boundary of Indiana, with Ohio river on the south. Area, 400 square miles. Face of the country, hilly and broken; soil, fertile. Seat of justice, Rockport. Pop. in 1820, 1,882; in 1830, 3,196; in 1840, 6,305; in 1850, 8,620.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 341.
Date Title
Abraham Lincoln, Autobiography, circa June 1860
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