Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
PIKE COUNTY, situated in the southwest part of Indiana, with White river on the north. Area, 325 square miles. Seat of justice, Petersburgh. Pop. in 1820, 1,472; in 1830, 2,464; in 1840, 4,769; in 1850, 7,720. (Fanning's, 1853)