Pulaski County Takes Shape

 

Year Follow this LINK to watch the progression of county formations from 1600 to the present. Treaties
1781   Clark’s Grant
1783   Vincennes Tract
1790 Knox, St. Clair (IL) formed as original counties of Northwest Territory.  
1795 Randolph (IL) from St. Clair. Treaty of Greenville
1796 Wayne (MI) from Knox.  
1798 Hamilton (OH) gained from Knox.  
1800 Indiana Territory formed from Northwest Territory.  
1801 Clark from Knox. St. Clair gained from Knox.  
1803 Dearborn from Clark (after Clark gained from Northwest Territory). First Treaty of Fort Wayne
  Wayne County, Indiana Territory, formed as successor to Wayne County, Northwest Territory, with additions from Knox, St. Clair, non-county area.  
1804   Treaty of Vincennes
1805 Michigan Territory formed from Indiana Territory. Treaty of Grouseland
1808 Harrison from Knox, Clark.  
1809 Illinois Territory formed from Indiana Territory. Second Treaty of Fort Wayne
1810 Harrison gained from Clark.  
1811 Franklin from Dearborn, Clark.  
  Wayne from Dearborn, Clark, Knox.  
  Jefferson from Clark, Dearborn, Knox.  
1813 Gibson from Knox.  
  Warrick from Knox.  
1814 Posey from Warrick, Gibson.  
  Posey from Warrick.  
  Switzerland from Dearborn, Jefferson.  
  Washington from Clark, Harrison, Knox.  
  Dearborn gained from Jefferson.  
1816 Indiana admitted as a state.  
  Jackson from Washington, Clark, Jefferson.  
  Orange from Washington, Knox, Gibson.  
  Ripley from Dearborn, Jefferson.  
  Posey gained from Gibson.  
1817 Daviess from Knox.  
  Jennings from Jefferson, Jackson.  
  Pike from Gibson, Perry.  
  Sullivan from Knox.  
  Posey gained from Gibson.  
  Knox lost to non-county area.  
1818 Dubois from Pike. Treaty of St. Mary’s
  Crawford from Orange, Harrison, Perry.  
  Lawrence from Orange.  
  Monroe from Orange.  
  Randolph from Wayne.  
  Vigo from Sullivan.  
  Spencer from Warrick, Perry.  
  Vanderburgh from Gibson, Posey, Warrick.  
  Orange gained from Harrison.  
  Ripley organized.  
1819 Fayette from Wayne, Franklin, non-county area.  
  Floyd from Harrison, Clark.  
  Owen from Daviess, Sullivan.  
  Wayne, Jackson gained from non-county area.  
  Vigo gained from Sullivan.  
1820 Delaware New Purchase from non-county area.  
  Unorganized, attached concurrently to Fayette, Franklin, Jackson, Jennings, Randolph, Ripley, Wayne.  
  Wabash New Purchase from non-county area.  
  Unorganized, attached concurrently to Monroe, Vigo, Owen.  
  Martin from Daviess, Dubois.  
  Scott from Clark, Jefferson, Jennings, Jackson, Washington.  
  Franklin, Randolph gained from non-county area.  
  Jennings gained from Jackson, non-county area.  
  Daviess lost to non-county area.  
1821 Bartholomew from Jackson, Delaware New Purchase. Treaty of Chicago
  Greene from Sullivan, non-county area.  
  Parke from Vigo, Wabash New Purchase, non-county area.  
  Union from Wayne, Franklin, Fayette.  
  Daviess gained from non-county area.  
  Wayne, Monroe gained from Delaware New purchase.  
  Floyd gained from Clark.  
  Monroe gained from Owen.  
  Owen gained from Monroe, Wabash New Purchase.  
  Change in attachment of Delaware New Purchase, Wabash New Purchase.  
1822 Decatur, Henry, Marion, Rush, Shelby from Delaware New Purchase.  
  Morgan from Delaware New Purchase, Wabash New Purchase.  
  Putnam from Own, Wabash New Purchase.  
  Gibson gained from Posey.  
  Ripley gained from Switzerland.  
  Change in attachments of Delaware New Purchase, Wabash New Purchase.  
1823 Hamilton, Johnson, Madison from Delaware New Purchase.  
  Montgomery from Wabash New Purchase.  
  Lawrence gained from Jackson.  
  Posey gained from Gibson.  
  Floyd gained from Harrison.  
  Henry gained from Wayne.  
1824 Allen from Delaware New Purchase, non-county area.  
  Hendricks from Delaware New Purchase, Wabash New Purchase.  
  Vermillion from Parke, Wabash New Purchase, non-county area.  
  Delaware New Purchase exchanged with Randolph.  
  Parke gained from Montgomery, Putnam.  
  Wayne gained from Henry.  
  Gibson exchanged with Pike.  
  Harrison lost to non-county area.  
  Warrick gained from Gibson.  
  Changes in attachments of Wabash New Purchase, Delaware New Purchase, non-county area.  
1825 Clay from Owen, Putnam, Vigo, Sullivan.  
  Gibson gained from Pike.  
  Spencer gained from Warrick.  
1826 Fountain from Montgomery, Wabash New Purchase. Michigan Road
  Tippecanoe from Wabash New Purchase, non-county area. Treaty of Mississinwas
  Fayette, Union gained from Franklin.  
  Warrick gained from Pike.  
  Change in attachments of Delaware New Purchase, Wabash New Purchase.  
1827 Hancock from Madison.  
  Unorganized attached to Madison.  
  Delaware from Delaware New Purchase.  
  Warren from Wabash New Purchase, non-county area.  
  Delaware New Purchase name changed to Adams New Purchase.  
  Madison gained from Delaware new Purchase.  
  Crawford gained from Perry.  
  Henry gained from Wayne.  
1828 Carroll from Adams New Purchase, Wabash New Purchase, non-county area.  
  Bartholomew, Jackson, Monroe gained from Adams New Purchase.  
  Martin gained from Daviess.  
  Floyd gained from non-county area.  
  Adams New Purchase lost to non-county area.  
  Change in attachments of Adams New Purchase, Wabash New Purchase, non-county area.  
  Hancock organized.  
1829 Cass from non-county area.  
  Change in attachment of non-county area.  
1830 Boone from Adams new Purchase, Wabash New Purchase.  
  Clinton from Adams New Purchase, Wabash New Purchase.  
  Elkhart from non-county area.  
  Non-county area attachment changed from Allen to Elkhart.  
1831 Grant from Madison, Adams New Purchase, non-county area.  
  Marion gained from Hendricks.  
  Monroe gained from non-county area.  
  Change in attachments of areas of Adams New Purchase.  
  Change in attachments of non-county areas.  
1832 Huntington from Adams New Purchase, non-county area. Treaty of Tippecanoe
  La Porte from St. Joseph, non-county area.  
  Miami from Cass, non-county area.  
  La Grange from non-county area.  
  St. Joseph gained from Elkhart.  
  Cass gained from non-county area.  
  Elkhart gained from non-county area.  
  Non-county area attachment changed from Elkhart.  
  Allen to La Grange.  
1833 Vermillion gained from Warren.  
1834 White from Wabash New Purchase, non-county ara.  
  Miami gained from Cass.  
  Huntington, Miami organized.  
  Part of Wabash New Purchase, non-county area attachment changed from Carroll to White.  
  Non-county area attachment changed from Warren, St. Joseph to White.  
1835 Adams from Adams New Purchase.  
  Unattached to Allen, Delaware, Randolph.  
  De Kalb from non-county area.  
  Unattached to Allen, La Grange.  
  Fulton from non-county area.  
  Unattached to Elkhart, Cass, St. Joseph.  
  Jasper from Wabash New Purchase, non-county area.  
  Unattached to Warren, White.  
  Jay from Adams New Purchase.  
  Unattached to Randolph, Delaware.  
  Kosciusko from non-county area.  
  Unattached to St. Joseph, Elkhart, Cass.  
  Marshal from St. Joseph.  
  Unattached to St. Joseph, Kosciusko, Cass.  
  Newton from non-county area.  
  Unattached to St. Joseph, Warren, White.  
  Noble from non-county area.  
  Unattached to Elkhart, La Grange, Allen.  
  Porter from non-county area.  
  Unattached to St. Joseph.  
  Pulaski from non-county area.  
  Unattached to Cass, White.  
  Starke from St. Joseph, non-county area.  
  Unattached to St. Joseph, White Cass.  
  Steuben from non-county area.  
  Unattached to La Grange.  
  Wells from Adams New Purchase.  
  Unattached to Allen, Delaware, Randolph.  
  Whitley from non-county area.  
  Unattached to Elkhart, Allen, La Grange.  
  Wabash organized.  
  Wabash New Purchase eliminated.  
1836 Brown from Monroe, Bartholomew, Jackson. Treaty of Yellow River
  Lake from Porter, Newton.  
  Unorganized, attached to Porter.  
  Porter gained from Newton.  
  Clark exchanged with Jefferson.  
  Marshall gained from Elkhart, St. Joseph.  
  Noble, Porter, Adams, Jay, Kosciusko, Fulton, Marshall organized.  
  Whitley attachment changed from Allen, Grant, Elkhart to Huntington.  
1837 Jefferson gained from Clark.  
  Lake, DeKalb, Steuben, Wells organized.  
1838 Blackford from Jay.  
  Unorganized attached to Jay.  
  Elkhart, St. Joseph gained from Marshall.  
  Newton gained from Lake, Porter.  
  Madison gained disputed area from Grant.  
  Cass, Fulton, Miami, Wabash, White gained from non-county area.  
  Bartholomew lost to non-county area.  
  Jasper, Whitley organized.  
1839 Newton merged into Jasper, Lake, La Porte.  
  White gained from Carroll.  
  Marshall gained from Elkhart, St. Joseph.  
  Scott gained from Clark, Washington.  
  La Porte gained from non-county area.  
  Non-county areas attached to Carroll, Cass, Hamilton, Miami, Blackford.  
  Pulaski organized.  
1840 Benton from Jasper. Treaty of the Wabash
  Fulton gained from Kosciusko.  
1841 Jasper gained from White.  
1842 Clark gained from Scott.  
  Clark exchanged with Washington.  
  La Porte gained from Starke.  
  Gibson gained from Warrick.  
  Kosciusko gained from Fulton.  
  Sullivan gained from Knox.  
  Warrick gained from Spencer.  
  Jackson gained from non-county area.  
  Carroll lost to non-county area.  
1844 Richardville from non-county area.  
  Ohio from Dearborn.  
  Tipton from Adams New Purchase, non-county area.  
  Adams New Purchase eliminated.  
  Floyd gained from Clark.  
  Warrick gained from Gibson.  
  Fulton gained from Miami.  
1845 Richardville gained from non-county area.  
1846 Richardville name changed to Howard.  
  Fulton gained from Kosciusko.  
  Clark exchanged with Washington.  
  Carroll gained from non-county area.  
1847 Gibson gained from Warrick.  
1850 La Porte gained from St. Joseph.  
  Starke organized.  
1851 Scott gained from Jefferson  
1852 Floyd gained from Harrison.  
  Warrick gained from Gibson.  
1853 Spencer gained from Warrick.  
1859 Newton re-created from Jasper.  
  Howard gained from Clinton.  
  Whitley gained from Noble.  
  Lawrence gained from Jackson.  
1861 Putnam gained from Morgan.  
1868 Hendricks gained from Morgan.  
1873 Clark exchanged with Washington.  

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