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*First created in 1817.
*County seat: Petersburg.
Located in southwestern Indiana, with the White River at it's
northern boundary.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include:
Alford, Algiers,
Arda, Arthur,
Ashby, Augusta, Ayrshire,
Bowman, Cato, Chandler, Coats Spring,
Coe, Enos Corner, Fritz Corner, Glezen,
Hartwell, Hartwell
Junction, Littles, Marysville,
Muren, Otwell, Petersburg,
Pikeville, Spurgeon,
Stendal, Survant,
Union, Velpen, Whiteoak, White Sulphur
Springs,
and Winslow.
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| Clay Township | Madison Township | Washington Township | Jefferson Township |
| Logan Township | Patoka Township | Marion Township | |
| Monroe Township | Lockhart Township |
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Primarily abstracted, by Ann Mensch, from: History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana, Chicago : Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers, 1885. Indiana was organized as a state in 1816. The population was growing rapidly, and thus it became necessary to form new counties. Prior to 1817, the territory now called Pike County was included in Gibson County, Indiana, however, by the act for its formation, approved 21 December 1816, Pike County was formed. When first formed, it encompassed a much larger geographic area. Pike County originally included all of its present territory, except a portion of Clay Township, and additionally included all of what is now Columbia Township, and a large part of Barton Township, in eastern Gibson County; small parts of Warrick and Perry Counties; the area of Martin County south of Lick Creek, and all of Dubois County. The present eastern boundary of Pike County was established with the formation of Dubois County, during the 1817-18 session, and the General Assembly of 1823-24 fixed the present western boundary. At an election, held in February, 1817, Paul TISLOW, James CAMPBELL, and Harrison BLACKGROVE were elected county commissioners, and on the following Monday they met at the house of Hosea SMITH. At that meeting, the county was divided into townships as follows: "All of the county west of the second section line east of the line dividing Ranges 8 and 9 constituted Madison Township; Washington Township included all of the territory between the east line of Madison and the second section line east of the line dividing Ranges 7 and 8; Jefferson Township embraced all the remainder of what is now Pike County, with two additional rows of sections of the south, and Harbison Township included all of what is now Dubois County, and a small additional area now belonging to the counties of Perry and Martin. Harbison Township was taken off, in 1818, to form the new Dubois County. In February, 1820, all of that part of the county south of a line running due east and west across the county three miles south of the base line, was cut off and called Monroe Township. In November, 1820, a new township called Adams was formed to included all of Monroe south of Patoka and west of the South Fork of Patoka. Most of this territory was soon after annexed to Gibson County. Prior to 1824, the area now included in Clay Township, belonged to Gibson County, with the exception of the eastern row of sections which were added in 1825. In that year it area was annexed to Pike County, and the area was organized as Clay Township. In September, 1838, Patoka Township was formed. When first formed, Patoka Township included its present area and the area that was eventually formed into Marion Township, in 1857. The other townships later organized were Logan Township, in 1846, and Lockhart Township, in 1852. |
Surrounding Counties:
NNW = Knox
County,
IN NNE = Daviess
County, IN
W = Gibson
County, IN PIKE COUNTY
E
= Dubois
County, IN
S = Warrick
County, IN
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Clay Township [est. ca. 1824-25, see townships' formation history]
Communities include: Union.
Jefferson Township [est. 1817, as one of the original townships, boundaries later changed]
Communities include: Algiers, Cato and Otwell.
- Otwell Branch Library
- 2301 N. Spring Street - Otwell, IN 47564 Phone: (812) 380-0066.
Lockhart Township [est. 1852, see townships' formation history]
Communities include: Augusta, Fritz Corner, Hartwell, Pikeville, and Stendal.
Logan Township [est. 1846, see townships' formation history]
Communities include: Chandler and Coats Spring.
Madison Township [est. 1817, as one of the original townships, boundaries later changed]
Communties include: Bowman.
Marion Township [est. 1857, see townships' formation history]
Communities include: Hartwell Junction, Survant, Velpen, Whiteoak, and White Sulphur Springs.
Monroe Township [est. 1820, see townships' formation history]
Communities include: Coe, Enos Corner, and Spurgeon (Spurgeon was known as Pleasantville until 1887).An Account of Spurgeon, Indiana, by Kathie Julian Smith. History of Spurgeon, Indiana, by Sandy McBeth and Rose Evans - In 1881, B.E. Dyer was reported to be the Proprietor of "Honey Springs", which were celebrated for the medicinal properties of their waters. These Springs were located in section 16, of Monroe Township.
Patoka Township [est. 1838, see townships' formation history]
Communities include: Arthur, Ayrshire, Glezen, Littles, Marysville, Muren, and Winslow.