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From: Randi Richardson <>
Subject: [INMONROE] Monroe County in 1826
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 07:33:15 -0500


The Indiana Gazetteer or Topographical Dictionary by John Scott, 1826,
reprinted by the Indiana Historical Society in 1954, p. 90. Available at
the Monroe County Historical Society.

MONROE. An interior county, bounded north by Morgan, west by Owen and
Green, south by Lawrence, and east by a district of unsettled lands lying
west of Bartholomew County. It is 24 miles north to south and 21 from east
to west, containing 504 square miles. The face of the county presents an
uneven appearance, yet the land is fertile and well watered by Bean
Blossom, Salt and Clear creeks which are the principal streams. It
contains about 4000 inhabitants. Near Bloomington, which is the seat of
justice of this county, there is a large settlement of the Friends.

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