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Dearborn County – 1860 Indiana Gazetteer and Business Directory

Dearborn County, Indiana entries from:
George W. Hawes’ Indiana Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1860 and 1861. Indianapolis : George W. Hawes, 1860.

See also:
Entries from Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana
Entries from Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana

BRAYSVILLE,
A small post village of Dearborn county, in Harrison township, situated 20 miles north from Lawrenceburg, the capital of the county, about 85 miles south-east from Indianapolis, and 25 miles north-west from Cincinnati.

BRIGHT, (Saltillo Village,)
A post village of Dearborn county, in Harrison township, situated 10 miles north from Lawrenceburg, the capital of the county, about 85 miles south-east from Indianapolis, and 25 miles north-west from Cincinnati. It contains three stores, one hotel, one steam saw mill, and a few mechanical trades. Population 75. GRANVILLE LOVE, Postmaster.

  • Cloud Mason J., justice of peace.
  • Disborough Nancy, milliner and dress maker.
  • Grubbs John, blacksmith.
  • Haddock Robt., general merchant and notary public.
  • LOVE G., HOTEL PROPRIETOR.
  • McClure J., carriage and wagon maker.
  • Morgan Nancy E., dealer in dry goods.
  • Norris —, boot and shoe maker.
  • Nowlis Silas, butcher.
  • Sisson Z. B., carriage and wagon maker.
  • Swales F., prop’r steam saw mill.
  • Whipple A. B., blacksmith.

COCHRAN,
A post office of Dearborn county, and a station on the Ohio and Mississippi railway, 2 miles west from Aurora, 27 miles west by south from Cincinnati, and about 85 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

DILLSBORO,
A post village of Dearborn county, situated 1 ½ miles south from the line of the Ohio and Mississippi railway, 15 miles from Lawrenceburg, 35 miles south-west from Cincinnati, and about 85 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

FARMERS’ RETREAT,
A post office of Dearborn county, situated on South Branch, 17 miles south-west from Lawrenceburg, about 75 miles south-east from Indianapolis. In the vicinity is a German Lutheran church, two general stores, and a few mechanical trades. Post office established in 1852. GARRETT BOSSE, Postmaster.

  • BOSSE GARRETT, GENERAL MERCHANT (See card, p. 128)
  • Heelmes David, school teacher.
  • Licking —, blacksmith.
  • Maetke Julius, physician.
  • Opp A., general general merchant.
  • Opp John, cooper.
  • Rand John, school teacher.
  • Wichman Rev. T., Lutheran pastor.

GUILFORD,
A post village of Dearborn county, in York township, situated on Tanner’s creek, and on the Indianapolis and Cincinnati railway, 8 miles north-west from Lawrenceburg, 80 miles south-east from Indianapolis, and 30 miles west from Cincinnati. It contains two Methodist churches and an academy, one Masonic Lodge, two general stores, one hotel, one flouring mill, and various trades and professions. Population 500. Township 3,000. Post office established in 1840. JOHN HUDDLESTON, Postmaster.

  • Brigler J., township constable.
  • Brooks I. N., telegraph operator and R. R. agent.
  • Campbell Charles, notary public.
  • Campbell & Skaats, general merchants.
  • Chileston D., township justice.
  • Cole C., painter.
  • Cole F., blacksmith.
  • Ege J., township trustee.
  • Flood —, physician and surgeon.
  • Gardner Rev., —–, Methodist pastor.
  • Goshorn —, physician and surgeon.
  • Gardner Rev. —, Methodist pastor.
  • Goshorn —, physician and surgeon.
  • Gurry Rev. T. B., Methodist pastor.
  • Hastings D., school teacher.
  • Miller S., township constable.
  • Robertson C. W., agent Adams express Co.
  • Robertson Geo., hotel proprietor.
  • Robertson & Brooks, general store.
  • Ruhlman J., boot and shoe maker.
  • Sehne C. A., steam flour and grist mill.
  • Spicknard J. A., justice of peace.

GUIONSVILLE,
A post office of Dearborn county, about 80 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

HOLMAN,
A post office of Dearborn county, about 80 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

JONES’ STATION,
A post office of Dearborn county, and a station on the Ohio and Mississippi railway, 14 miles west from Lawrenceburg, and about 80 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

KELSO,
A post village in the northern part of Dearborn county, about 75 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

LAWRENCEVILLE,
A post village of Dearborn county, 90 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

LOGAN,
A small post village of Dearborn county, situated in a township of the same name, 14 miles from Lawrenceburg, 26 miles west from Cincinnati, and about 85 miles south-east from Indianapolis. In the vicinity is a Baptist and Methodist church, one general store, one flouring mill, and several mechanical trades. WM. GLARDON, Postmaster.

  • Ashley Chas., woolen manufacturer.
  • Ashley Wm., carpenter and wagon maker.
  • Boatman Jas. M., general merchant and pork packer.
  • Boatman J. C., school teacher.
  • Boatman John C., township librarian.
  • Bonham Z. A., justice of peace.
  • Cole John, blacksmith and wagon maker.
  • Everson Washington, gunsmith.
  • Geary Rev. —, Methodist pastor.
  • GLARDON WM., NOTARY PUBLIC.
  • Hoover Wm. D., boot and shoe maker.
  • Horner John, justice of peace.
  • Hudson Geo., resident farmer.
  • Jolly Charles, carpenter.
  • Jolly Wm. H., sewing machine agent.
  • Jones Rev. E., Baptist pastor.
  • Keen R. A., blacksmith.
  • Laird Wm., auctioneer.
  • Lake Daniel, fish dealer.
  • McClure J., cooper and township trustee.
  • Pastnet Wm., dyer and scourer.
  • Phillips J., boot and shoe maker.
  • Roll J. & W., chair manufacturers.
  • Roll Wm., school teacher.
  • Runnels Geo., resident farmer.
  • Southard J., carpenter.
  • Swales W. H., physician.

MANCHESTER,
A post village and township of Dearborn county, situated 2 miles from the line of the Indianapolis and Cincinnati railway, 11 miles west from Lawrenceburg, 38 miles from Cincinnati, and 80 miles south-east from Indianapolis. It contains a Methodist and Universalist church, an academy, three general stores, one hotel, one steam flouring and saw mill and a variety of trades and professions. Population 500. Township 3,000. Post office established in 1825. GILBERT PLATT, Postmaster.

  • Baker W. H., prop’r Farmers’ Hotel.
  • Blount C. N., school teacher.
  • Bolly John, blacksmith.
  • Calahan James, cooper.
  • Carrigus J. L., boot and shoe maker.
  • Crocker C. L. & W. F., general store.
  • Dunn & McMullen, general merchants.
  • Dunn & Noyes, steam saw and grist mill proprietors.
  • Freeland John P., manufacturer agricultural implements.
  • Givan George, justice of peace.
  • Harget Mrs. C., milliner and dress maker.
  • Horrum L. R., saddle and harness maker.
  • Horrum Wm., broom maker.
  • Kennedy S. M., surveyor.
  • Lozier G. W., justice of peace.
  • McMullen James, butcher.
  • McMullen John, carriage and plow maker.
  • Morp S., carpenter and builder.
  • Noyes Amos, resident farmer.
  • Noyes A. & Co., general store.
  • Noyes Miss E. P., school teacher.
  • Palmer John, blacksmith and gunsmith.
  • PLATT GILBERT, COOPER.
  • Platt Peter, brickyard.
  • Platt Richard, nursery and seedsman.
  • Platt S., builder.
  • Robberts Geo., justice of peace.
  • Schooley E., cabinet maker.
  • Sims John, blacksmith.
  • Tibbotts Benj., auctioneer.
  • Tibbotts C. F., attorney at law.
  • Tyrel W. H., druggist.
  • Wilcox Thomas, boot and shoe maker.
  • Woodson John, painter.
  • Woodson John S., daguerrean artist.

MOORE’S HILL,
An important post village of Dearborn county, in Sparta township, situated on the Ohio and Mississippi railway, 18 miles west from Lawrenceburg, 40 miles from Cincinnati, and about 80 miles south-east from Indianapolis. It contains a Baptist and Methodist church, a male and female collegiate institute, Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges, four general stores, two hotels, one flouring and steam saw mill, one tannery, and diversified trades and professions. Population 700. Township 2,500. Post office established in 1836. JAMES BOOKWALTER, Postmaster.

  • Adams S. R., pres. Moore’s Hill collegiate institute.
  • Allen Lodge, No. 165, Masonic.
  • Arnold M. W., prop’r steam flouring and saw mills.
  • Arnold M. W., tanner.
  • Bedunah J., township clerk and trustee.
  • Bigney Wm., wagon maker.
  • BOOKWALTER J., DEALER IN STOVES AND TIN WARE.
  • Bowers A. J., druggist and physician.
  • Boyd L., auctioneer.
  • Brumblay John, resident farmer.
  • Burlidge John, blacksmith.
  • Cartright Wm., brick mason.
  • Cheneowith B. P., school teacher.
  • Collins E. B., physician.
  • Cottingham D., butcher.
  • Darly Wm., cooper.
  • Daughters A. P., druggist and physician.
  • Davis Isaac, boot and shoe maker and dealer.
  • David J., painter.
  • Downtain L. D., prop’r White Hall.
  • English J. D., township constable and assessor.
  • Ewen John, resident farmer.
  • Faulkner C. S., hotel prop’r.
  • Faulkner C. S. & Son, general merchants.
  • Franklin S. D., resident farmer.
  • Gault H. B., general merchant and boot and shoe maker.
  • Holbrook Miss W., school teacher.
  • Isgregg N. S., physician.
  • Johnson George, butcher.
  • Jones Thos., cooper.
  • Justice T., cooper.
  • Kahler S. J., school teacher.
  • Kelley Rev. R., Baptist pastor.
  • Lang John H., agent Ohio and Mississippi railroad, and Adams express agent.
  • Lang John H., telegraph operator.
  • Laws James, cooper.
  • Laws Joseph, cooper.
  • Lindsay A. W., carpenter.
  • McCreary Mrs. J., milliner and dress maker.
  • McCreary Wm. H., township justice.
  • McCreary Wm. H. & E. R., saddle and harness makers.
  • Milson Elijah, attorney at law.
  • Moore John C. & Co., general merchants.
  • Moore’s Hill Lodge, No. 127, I. O. O. F.
  • Moore’s Hill male and female collegiate institute, S. R. Adams, president.
  • Platter P., patent right agent.
  • Reed James, cooper.
  • Rowe & Justice, cabinet makers.
  • Smith A., township justice.
  • Steward J. F., dentist.
  • Taylor A. J., daguerrean artist.
  • Taylor A. J., school teacher.
  • Thompson John K., attorney at law and notary public.
  • Thompson John K., agent, Etna Insurance company.
  • White Hall Hotel, L. D. Downtain prop’r.
  • Wood Rev. E. G., Methodist pastor.

NEW ALSACE,
A post village of Dearborn county, situated 80 miles south-east from Indianapolis, and surrounded by a rich farming country.

SAINT LEON,
A post office of Dearborn county, about 85 miles east south-east from Indianapolis.

SPARTA,
A post office of Dearborn county, near the south-eastern extremity of the State.

VAN WEDDEN’S,
A station on the Indianapolis and Cincinnati railway, 72 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

WILMINGTON,
A post village and the former capital of Dearborn county, situated 6 miles south-west from Lawrenceburg, near the south-eastern extremity of the State.

WRIGHT’S CORNERS,
A post village of Dearborn county, in the south-eastern extremity of the State.

YORKVILLE,
A post village of Dearborn county, about 84 miles south-east from Indianapolis.

Dearborn County – 1858 Indiana Gazetteer

Dearborn County, Indiana entries from:
G.W. Hawes’ Indiana Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1858 and 1859. Indianapolis : Geo. W. Hawes, 1858.
Digitized copy online at Internet Archive

See also:
Entries from Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana
Entries from Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana

BRAYSVILLE,
A post village of Harrison township, Dearborn county, 25 miles north-west of Cincinnati, 20 miles north of Lawrenceburg, the county seat, 95 miles south-east of Indianapolis, 4 miles north of Harrison, Ohio, and 2 miles south of New Trenton, on the Harrison and Brookville Turnpike-road. It contains one blacksmith, one carpenter, one clergyman, one general store, one water gristmill, one lawyer and notary public, one justice of the peace, one cooper, and one school, with about forty-five pupils. It has a population of about 100.

  • Adair Wm. H., farmer.
  • Atkins Thomas, cooper.
  • Brackenridge Thomas M., farmer.
  • Fox Martin V., farmer.
  • Grubbs James, township trustee.
  • Handy Barton, blacksmith.
  • Hardy Barton, farmer.
  • Hornaday Moses, justice of peace.
  • Hornaday Moses Rev., Baptist.
  • Longnecker Solomon, farmer.
  • Penny Thomas, township trustee.
  • Steel Warren, farmer.
  • Tebbs Warren, township trustee.
  • WEBER JACOB, DEPUTY POSTMASTER.
  • WEBER JOSEPH, POSTMASTER.
  • Weber Jacob, notary public.
  • Weber Joseph, prop’r water flourmill.
  • Weber Jacob, general store.
  • Weber Jacob, township clerk.
  • Wescott Thomas, carpenter and builder.

BRIGHT,
A post office in Miller township, Dearborn county. The township has about 500 inhabitants, chiefly farmers. There is also a protection society here, organized in 1853, which numbers sixty members, as a protection against horse thieves, and which the inhabitants regard better than an insurance company. Since the company was formed there have been only two case of horse stealing, and the horses were both found. The officers are: Ezekiel Jackson, President; R. C. Jackson and R. C. Whipple, Vice Presidents; H. Dawson, Secretary; Silas Nowlin, Captain; Thos. Hargett, Treasurer. It has two blacksmiths, four carpenters, one carriage maker, five ministers, three general stores, one attorney at law and notary public, two justices of the peace, one steam saw mill, three coopers. There are seven churches in the township, four Methodist Episcopal, two Methodist Protestant, and one Presbyterian, and eight schools, with an average attendance for each school of thirty-five pupils.

  • Albaugh Ralph, notary public.
  • Bonham Aaron, farmer.
  • Bonham Ezra, farmer.
  • Brockway Jesse, Rev., Methodist.
  • Cloud Mrs. Mary, general store.
  • Conner C., farmer.
  • Flood M. P. Rev., Clergyman.
  • Frazer David, township trustee.
  • Gibson John, farmer.
  • Golder John, cooper.
  • Golder Isaac, cooper.
  • Grubbs R., farmer.
  • Grubbs John E., blacksmith.
  • Grubbs James, proprietor steam saw mill.
  • Haddock Robert, carpenter and builder.
  • Hargitt R., farmer.
  • Hargitt Thomas, justice of the peace.
  • Hargitt R. M., carpenter and builder.
  • Hargitt G. M, carpenter and builder.
  • Hargitt Thomas Rev., Methodist.
  • Hargitt Robert Rev., Methodist.
  • Hargitt Thomas, general store.
  • Judd James C., carpenter and builder.
  • Lazenby R., farmer.
  • Lazenby William, justice of the peace.
  • Lidell James, farmer.
  • Longdall R., farmer.
  • McCracken M., farmer.
  • McCracken William, constable.
  • Morgan D. D., general store.
  • Nowlan Silas, farmer.
  • Nowlan Silas, township trustee.
  • Oglen John, cooper.
  • Rogers R., farmer.
  • Shaw William C. Rev., Clergyman.
  • Siosin Z. B., carriage and wagon maker.
  • Sawders Frederick, township trustee.
  • Sutton Charles, constable.
  • SWALES GEORGE, POSTMASTER.
  • Swales Frank, proprietor steam saw mill.
  • Swales George, farmer.
  • Whipple A. B., blacksmith.

COCHRAN,
A station on the Ohio and Mississippi railroad in Dearborn county, 27 miles from Cincinnati, and 2 miles west of Aurora.

DILLSBOROUGH,
A post village in Dearborn county, situated 15 miles from Lawrenceburg, the county seat, 35 miles south-west of Cincinnati, Ohio, and a mile and a half from the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad station. It contains three blacksmith shops, one bookseller, one boot and shoe shop, five carpenters, two cabinet shops, one carriage manufactory, one minister, four general stores, two dress makers, one furniture dealer, one steam grist mill, one harness maker, one grocer, one hide and leather dealer, two hotels, four lawyers, one notary public, two justices of the peace, two physicians, one stove and tine dealer, two coopers, one painter, two churches—one Methodist and on Presbyterian—and two schools with an attendance of one hundred and forty pupils. Population, 700.

  • Abbott Elias, cabinet maker and furniture dealer.
  • Alexander James, bookseller and stationer.
  • Barker Wm., carpenter and builder.
  • Barnhart & Co., carriage, coach and wagon makers and manufacturers.
  • Beckett A. & Co., steam grist mill.
  • Bennet J., farmer.
  • Bosby R., carpenter and builder.
  • Cole John, harness maker.
  • Conaway W. H., attorney at law and notary public.
  • Davidson Wm. H., physician.
  • Denton G. V., cooper.
  • Denton G. V., general store.
  • Durham Mrs. L., dress maker.
  • Ellis N. J., carpenter and builder.
  • Frank M., furniture dealer.
  • Gatch G. D., physician.
  • Ginter Fr., hide and leather.
  • Ginter Fr., boot and shoe dealer.
  • Goff H. B., attorney at law.
  • Gray & Suits, blacksmiths.
  • Gullet & Co., general store, druggists.
  • Hoover Mrs. A., proprietor Telegraph House.
  • Lemon Wm., proprietor American House.
  • Lenover Joseph, farmer.
  • Lorenson & Antle, general store.
  • LORENSON LEWIS L., POST MASTER.
  • McComas Wm. S., cabinet maker and furniture dealer.
  • McComas John Mrs., dress maker.
  • McComas John, dealer in groceries.
  • Meisner Wm. S., carpenter and builder.
  • Mulford O. S., blacksmith.
  • Newel J., carpenter and builder.
  • Knowles Wm., clergyman, Methodist.
  • Passell Stephen L., farmer.
  • Perlee & Co., blacksmiths.
  • Randall Wm., farmer.
  • Redding James L., attorney at law.
  • Roberts John, stove dealer and tinsmith.
  • Stout J., justice of peace.
  • Warner M., farmer.
  • Watkins M., farmer.
  • Watkins G. S., painter.
  • Wills E., justice of peace.
  • Weymond Samuel, general store.
  • Weymond S., cooper.

FARMER’S RETREAT,
A post office of Dearborn county.

GUILFORD,
A post office of Dearborn county.

GUION’SVILLE,
A post office of Dearborn county.

JONES’ STATION,
A post office of Dearborn county, situated on the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, 14 miles west of Lawrenceburgh, the county seat, and about 80 miles from Indianapolis.

  • FOX S. W., POST MASTER.
  • GAREY CHARLES A.
  • MULFORD JOHN L.
  • SHUTTS JOHN.

KELSO,
A post office of Dearborn county.

LAWRENCEVILLE,
A post village of Dearborn county, situated 90 miles south-east from Indianapolis. Population, 400.

LOGAN,
A post office of Dearborn county.

MANCHESTER,
A post village of Dearborn county, situated 11 miles from Lawrenceburgh the county seat, on the Lawrenceburgh and Napoleon turnpike, 8 miles from Aurora, 80 miles from Indianapolis, and about 2 miles distant from the Indianapolis and Cincinnati railroad. It contains one hotel, four general stores, one clothing store, three blacksmiths, one bookseller, two boot and shoe makers, one brick maker, four carpenters, two cabinet makers, two carriage and wagon makers, one dress maker, one flour and produce dealer, one steam flouring mill, two hardware stores, four resident farmers, one lumber dealer, four physicians, one steam saw mill, two coopers, one painter, one tailor, four clergymen, two churches, and one academy. Population, 500.

  • Baker W. H., prop’r. Farmers Hotel.
  • Baldridge Daniel Rev., Christian.
  • Boyd John, blacksmith.
  • Britz Wm., tailor and clothier.
  • Claspel John, blacksmith.
  • Conger Samuel, farmer.
  • Cotton A. J. Rev., Methodist.
  • Crocker C. L. & W. F., dealers in hardware, cutlery, &c.
  • Crocker C. L. & W. F., book sellers and stationers.
  • Dunn & Noyes, steam saw mill.
  • Dunn & Noyes, lumber dealers.
  • Dunn & Noyes, steam grist mill.
  • Dunn & Noyes, dealers in flour and grain.
  • Eldridge S., physician and surgeon.
  • Farmers Hotel, O. W., Baker, prop’r.
  • Ford John, blacksmith.
  • Freeland & Boyd, carriage and wagon makers.
  • Garrigus J. L., boot and shoe dealer.
  • Harget Mrs., dress maker.
  • Jumper A. H., president Manchester Academy.
  • McMullen John, cabinet and furniture dealer.
  • Millikin O. W., farmer.
  • Moses Simon, carpenter and builder.
  • Noyes A. & Co., dealers in hardware, cutlery, &c.
  • PLATT GILBERT, POST MASTER.
  • Platt Gilbert, cooper.
  • Platt Peter, brick maker.
  • Plummer Gardner, physician.
  • Plummer Benj. Rev., Methodist.
  • Plummer Alexander, carpenter and builder.
  • Sawyer A. D., physician.
  • Schooley Joseph, cabinet and furniture dealer.
  • Schooley Elias, cabinet and furniture dealer.
  • Thomburg T. J. Rev., Methodist.
  • Tibbets C. F., cooper.
  • Tibbets Benj., farmer.
  • Tool Samuel, carpenter and builder.
  • Warren Samuel F., carpenter and builder.
  • Wilcox Thomas, boot and shoe dealer.

MOORE’S HILL,
A post office of Dearborn county, situated 13 miles north-west of Lawrenceburg, and contains three general stores, one flour and grain dealer, one clothing store, two harness shops, one tanner and currier, one watch maker, two churches, one Methodist and one Baptist, one college with 175 students attending, and a common school with an average attendance of 40 pupils. Population 800.

  • Adams Expreess Company.
  • Adams S. R. Rev., Methodist.
  • Arnold M. W., tanner and currier.
  • Bigney W. & Co., carriage and wagon makers.
  • BOOKWALTER J., STOVE DEALER AND TIN SMITH.
  • Bowers H. J., physician and surgeon.
  • Bowers A. J., physician and surgeon.
  • Brewington J., brick maker.
  • Burridge House, J. Burridge, proprietor.
  • Burridge J., proprietor Burridge House.
  • Cartright W., brick maker.
  • Cartright J., brick maker.
  • Clark C., carpenter and builder.
  • Collins E. B., physician and surgeon.
  • Conelly A. Rev., Baptist.
  • Cottingham J., dress maker.
  • Curtis G. L. Rev., Methodist.
  • Davis J., boot and shoe dealer.
  • Daughter A. P., physician and surgeon.
  • Downton L., carpenter and builder.
  • Faukner & Co., general store.
  • Fleming J. S., flour and grain dealer.
  • Forbs L. Rev., Methodist.
  • Gault House, H. Gault, proprietor.
  • Gault H., proprietor Gault House.
  • Gault H., general store.
  • Hayman (J.) & Clark, cabinet and furniture dealers.
  • Hinshaw J., watchmaker and jeweler.
  • Huston J., blacksmith.
  • Justis W., furniture dealer.
  • Kahler S. H. Rev., Methodist.
  • LAWS J., BRICK MAKER.
  • Lindsay A., carpenter and builder.
  • McCREARY W. H., POST MASTER.
  • McCreary W. H., justice of the peace.
  • McCreary W. H., harness maker.
  • McCreary M., dress maker.
  • Mapes C. Rev., Methodist.
  • Moore J. C., farmer.
  • Moore J. C. & Co., general store.
  • Nichols C., blacksmith.
  • Noble J. H., carpenter and builder.
  • Paramore S., tailor and clothier.
  • Paramore S., clothing dealer.
  • Perrine J. C., physician and surgeon.
  • Perrine J. C. Rev., Baptist.
  • PLATTER P., resident.
  • Reigging J., carpenter and builder.
  • Row (M.) & Justis, cabinet and furniture dealers.
  • Smith G. C. Rev., Methodist.
  • Spencer E., blacksmith.
  • Spencer E. T. Rev., Methodist.
  • Thompson J. K., attorney at law.
  • Thompson J., attorney at law.
  • Tinker S. Rev., Methodist.
  • Wallace W. H., harness maker.
  • Wood E. G. Rev., Methodist.

NEW ALSACE,
A flourishing post village of Dearborn county, 80 miles south-east of Indianapolis, 80 miles south-east of Indianapolis, and is surrounded by a rich farming country.

SAINT LEON,
A post office of Dearborn county.

SPARTA,
A post office of Dearborn county.

WILMINGTON,
A post village of Dearborn county, formerly the county seat, situated six miles southwest of Lawrenceburgh, the seat of justice. It contains the county seminary. Population, about 350.

WRIGHT’S CORNERS,
A post village of Dearborn county. Population 150.

YORKVILLE,
A post village of Dearborn county, 84 miles south-east of Indianapolis. Population 500.

Dearborn County – 1849 Indiana Gazetteer

Dearborn County, Indiana entries from:
The Indiana Gazetteer or Topographical Dictionary. Indianapolis : E. Chamberlain, 1849.
Digitized copy online at Internet Archive

AURORA, a beautiful village on the Ohio river, at the mouth of Hogan creek, in Dearborn county, containing about 1,600 inhabitants. It was laid out in 1819, and having a fine country back of it, has for many years exported large quantities of produce. It is twenty-six miles below Cincinnati, and eighty-six south-east of Indianapolis. It has just suffered very severely from the ravages of the Cholera.

CENTRE, a township in Dearborn county, with a population of 2,250.

CESAR CREEK, a south-western township in Dearborn county, has a population of 400.

CLAY, a township in Dearborn county, with a population of 800.

DEARBORN COUNTY was organized in 1802, and named after the soldier and statesman, Gen. Henry Dearborn, at the time the Secretary of War. It lies in the south-east corner of the State, is bounded east by the Ohio river and the State of Ohio, south by Ohio county, west by Ripley and north by Franklin, and contains 307 square miles. In 1830 it had 14,573 inhabitants; in 1840, 19,327, and at this time only about the same number, as the county of Ohio has since been created from its limits. Dearborn county is divided into thirteen civil townships, Lawrenceburgh, Harrison, Logan, Miller, Centre, Laughery, Manchester, York, Kelso, Jackson, Sparta, Clay and Cesar’s Creek.

The bottoms on the Ohio, Miami and White Water, about 13,000 acres in all, and the west and north-west parts of the county, are level or slightly undulating; the rest broken and hilly. The land in the vicinity of the rivers and creeks, both in the bottoms and on the hills, is a rich, loamy soil, and is not surpassed in the amount of its produce; the interior is well adapted to hay, wheat, &c. The corn is sold to distillers or fed to hogs at home, and much of the wheat made into flour by the millers. It is estimated that three distilleries in the county make $200,000 worth of whiskey and fatten $50,000 worth of pork annually. Of the articles exported from the county in a year, it has been ascertained that they amounted, in 1847, to 131,318 bushels of wheat, 152,802 bushels of oats, 11,000 tons of hay, 500 cattle, 1,500 sheep and 25,000 hogs. To these add the barreled pork, flour, whisky, and other articles exported from the county, and the whole will amount to $1,500,000 a year, though some of the articles, perhaps one-fourth, are the products of the interior counties.

There are in the county sixty stores, forty groceries, forty ware-houses, eight grist mills, six saw mills, five distilleries, one oil mill, one woolen factory, 460 mechanics, fifteen lawyers, fifteen physicians, fifteen preachers of the Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians and Catholics. There is a flourishing County Seminary, established at Wilmington in 1835, with fifty students, a good High School in Lawrenceburgh, with about the same number, and common schools are established throughout the county.

There is no land belonging to the United States, or which is not taxable, in the county.

DILLSBOROUGH, a small town in Clay township, Dearborn county, fifteen miles south-west of Lawrenceburgh.

DOVER, a small town in Kelso township, Dearborn county.

HARRISON, a township in Dearborn county, population 760.

HARRISON, a small town partly in Dearborn county and partly in the State of Ohio, twelve miles north of Lawrenceburgh.

HOGAN, a mill stream in Dearborn county, rising in the west part of the county and running east into the Ohio at Aurora.

JACKSON, a township in Dearborn county, population 1,155.

JOHNSON’S FORK, a mill stream in Franklin and Dearborn, running into White Water from the north-east, two miles above Harrison.

KELSO, a township in Dearborn county, with a population of 1,350.

LAUGHERY, a township in Dearborn county, population 1,050.

LAWRENCEBURGH, the Seat of Justice of Dearborn county, is situated on the Ohio river, twenty-two miles below Cincinnati, two miles west of the east line of the State, and eighty-seven south-east of Indianapolis. It contains about 3,000 inhabitants. The large and fertile bottoms on the Ohio and Miami, in the vicinity, and the rich and well cultivated lands in the interior, and its being the outlet of the White Water Canal, furnish an immense amount of produce for exportation. See Dearborn county.

LOGAN, a township in Dearborn county, population 660.

MANCHESTER, an interior township in Dearborn county, population 2,700.

MANCHESTER, a beautiful country village in Dearborn county, nine miles north-west of Lawrenceburgh.

MILLER, a township in Dearborn, population 1,160.

MOORE’S HILL, a small town in Sparta township, Dearborn county, thirteen miles west north-west of Lawrenceburgh.

SPARTA, a township in Dearborn, population 1,800.

TANNERS’ CREEK rises in the north part of Dearborn and runs south-east into the Ohio river near Lawrenceburgh. By following the bed of this creek, an easy access for a railroad may be had to the table land in the interior of the State.

WILMINGTON, formerly the County Seat of Dearborn, is three miles west of Aurora and six south-west of Lawrenceburgh. It contains the County Seminary, established in 1835, with usually 50 students, and has a number of good private residences.

YORK, a township in Dearborn, population 750.

Dearborn County – 1833 Indiana Gazetteer

Dearborn County, Indiana entries from:
The Indiana Gazetteer or Topographical Dictionary. Indianapolis : Douglass and Maguire, 1833.
Digitized copy at HathiTrust Digital Library

AURORA, a post town on the Ohio river, below the mouth of Hogan in the county of Dearborn, about four miles from Lawrenceburgh. It contains about six hundred inhabitants, three stores, one tavern, a physician, a lawyer, a preacher of the Gospel, several mechanics of different professions, a seminary, a church, a large and prosperous Sunday school.—Aurora is situated on a bend of the river, having a beautiful view for five or six miles, both above and below, and affords one of the best harbours on the river, from Pittsburgh to its mouth.

BLUE CREEK, a small stream which rises in Dearborn county, and runs in a north-easterly direction into Franklin county, and falls into Whitewater, on the west side, about a mile below Brookville.

CESAR CREEK, a south-western township in Dearborn county.

DEARBORN, a river county, in the south-east corner of the state, bounded by the north by Franklin county, on the west by Ripley, on the south by Switzerland, on the east by the Ohio river and state. It was organized in 1802. It is thirty miles in extent from north to south, and eighteen miles from east to west; containing an area of 448 square miles, or 286,720 acres. In 1830, it contained 14,573 inhabitants. Dearborn county is hilly along the river, but not too steep for cultivation. In about one fourth part of the county the land is considered first rate, one fourth second rate, and the remaining half third rate. The principal products are wheat, rye, corn, and potatoes, which, together with beef, pork, and live stock, are annually transported in large quantities to the southern market. The forest timber consist chiefly of walnut, buckeye, elm, sugartree, locust, poplar, and the several varieties of oak and ash; with an undergrowth of spice, paupaw, plumb, and hawthorn. The county abounds with excellent limestone suitable for building. On the west side of the Great Miami, about two miles from its mouth, is an extensive rich bottom containing several thousand acres, on and in the vicinity of which are several ancient mounds. North of Hardinsburgh, and about a quarter of a mile from the Miami, on the top of a hill, supposed to be about two hundred feet in height, there is an ancient fortification, enclosing ten or twelve acres; the walls are composed of earth, and are from five to ten feet high. On the east side, the wall consists in part of stone, which appear to have been thrown together without order, and covered with earth. It includes all the level ground on the summit of the hill, and does not conform to any regular feature, but is regulated by the extremities of the level on which it is constructed. There is a small circular wall adjoining the mail wall on the west side, enclosing about an acre, on each side of which a gateway leads into the enclosure. On the east side, and within the fort, there is a mound, supposed by some to have been erected for observatory purposes. There are also some other mounds in the vicinity, which from their position seem to have been originally connected, in design, with the works already described. The great numbers of human bones exposed to view by the washing of the rains on the declivities of the hills in the neighborhood, indicate the existence, at some former period, of an immense population. Many stone axes of various sizes, and stone pipes, and hammers, and silicious darts of different shapes have also been found in the vicinity of this place. The principal streams in Dearborn county, beside the Ohio river, which washes its border, are the Great Miami, Whitewater, Tanner’s creek, Hogan and Laughery. Lawrenceburgh is the seat of justice.

HARDINSBURGH, a post town, in Dearborn county, on the Great Miami river, two miles north of Lawrenceburgh. It stands on a beautiful plain above high water. It contains about two hundred and fifty inhabitants, two stores, a tavern, and a number of mechanical establishments. It is surrounded by an extensive rich bottom, occasionally overflown; which circumstance tends to maintain the fertility of the soil by deposite of loam at every freshet.

HARRISON, a post town on the line dividing between Ohio and Indiana; the eastern part in the state of Ohio, and the western part in Dearborn county, twelve miles north of Lawrenceburgh.

HARTFORD, a post town in Dearborn county, on the south bank of Laughery creek about twelve miles south-west from Lawrenceburgh. It contains about a hundred inhabitants, a tavern, two mercantile stores, and craftsmen of various trades.

JOHNSON’S FORK, a mill stream in Franklin county. It has its source in the south-east corner of the county, and runs south into Dearborn county, and falls into Whitewater two miles north of Harrison.

KELSO, a township in Dearborn county.

LAWRENCEBURGH, a post town, and the seat of justice of Dearborn county. It is situated in an extensive rich bottom, on the bank of the Ohio river, two miles below the mouth of the Great Miami river. It contains about a thousand inhabitants, nine mercantile stores, one drug store, three taverns, eight lawyers, four physicians, three schools, two brick churches, a brick court house, a stone jail, a market house, and two printing offices, each of which issues a weekly newspaper. It is distant from the city of Cincinnati, in the state of Ohio, twenty-two miles, and eighty-six miles south-east from Indianapolis. N. lat. 39 deg. 5 min. W. lon. 7 deg. 35 min.

LOGAN, a township in Dearborn.

MANCHESTER, a township in Dearborn county, lying between Tanner’s creek and Hogan, and extending to the western border of the county.

MANCHESTER, a small post town in Dearborn county.

RANDOLPH, a township in Dearborn county.

RISING SUN, a post village in Dearborn county. It is situated on the bank of the Ohio river, thirteen miles south from Lawrenceburgh. It contains about six hundred inhabitants, four stores, a tavern, a grist mill propelled by steam power, a seminary and a church; together with a number of mechanics of various trades. The surrounding land is broken and hilly, but very fertile; and the town has the advantage of a salubrious atmosphere, pure water, and an elevated pleasant situation, added to the advantages of uninterrupted steam boat navigation.

SPARTA, a township in Dearborn county.

TANNER’S CREEK, a mill stream in Dearborn county. Its source is in the north-western part of the county, whence it runs south-easterdly, and empties into the Ohio river about a mile below Lawrenceburgh.

UNION, a township in Dearborn county.

WILMINGTON, a post town in Dearborn county. It is situated on the state road leading from Lawrenceburgh to Madison, eight miles south-west from Lawrenceburgh. It has one tavern, two stores, a physician, a school house, and a church; with about a hundred inhabitants, amongst whom are a number of industrious mechanics.

Dearborn County – 1826 Indiana Gazetteer

Dearborn County, Indiana entries from: Scott, John. The Indiana Gazetteer or Topographical Dictionary. 1826. Reprint, Indianapolis : Indiana Historical Society, 1954.
Digital Copy on Internet Archive

AURORA, a post town in Dearborn county, situated on the bank of the Ohio river, four miles from Lawrenceburgh, in a beautiful bend of the river, which affords on of the best harbours for steamboats, for taking in wood, &c. It contains 60 or 70 dwelling houses, chiefly brick and frame, 200 inhabitants, 6 stores, 3 taverns, one lawyer, and mechanics of various professions. There is also a grist and saw mill, and an extensive distillery adjoining the town.

DEARBORN, a south-eastern county, and one of the oldest in the state: while it was under the Territorial government, its extent from north to south was upwards of 100 miles, bordering on the state of Ohio as far north as Fort Recovery, embracing all that section of country now contained in Randolph, Wayne, Fayette, Union and Franklin counties. Its greatest length at present is 28 miles from north to south, and 15 for east to west, and contains 432 square miles or 277, 480 acres. It is bounded on the east by the Ohio and Miami rivers, north by Franklin, west by Ripley, and south by Switzerland counties. Its principal streams are the Miami, Whitewater and Ohio rivers, and Hogan, Laughery and Logan creeks. In 1825 it contained about 11,270 inhabitants. Lawrenceburgh is the seat of justice.

DRY FORK, A large creek which takes its rise in the state of Ohio, runs a south-western course, and empties into Whitewater in Dearborn county. It has, probably, taken its name from the circumstance of the water disappearing at certain seasons of the year.

GEORGETOWN, a small post town of Dearborn county.

HARDENSBURGH. A handsome post town of Dearborn county, situated on a beautiful high, level piece of ground on the west side of the Big Miami river, two miles north from Lawrenceburgh, on the road leading to Harrison, Brookville, &c.

HARRISON. A large flourishing post village, situated on the line dividing this state from the state of Ohio, and immediately on the east bank of Whitewater river. One half of this town is located in Dearborn county in this state, and the other in Hamilton county, Ohio. The main street runs north and south immediately on the state line. It contains about 25 or 30 families and 150 inhabitants; 2 inns, 2 stores, 1 blacksmith, 1 wagonmaker, 1 tobacconist, 1 cabinet-maker, several shoemakers, tailors, Carpenters, &c. It also contains two physicians, but no lawyers. The site upon which this town stands is beautiful, and the surrounding country delightful. It also has the advantages of pure air and good water. It is 12 miles north of Lawrenceburg, and 18 south of Brookville.

HARTFORD. A small post town in Dearborn county, situated on Laughery creek, 12 miles from Lawrenceburgh. It contains 40 dwelling houses, 100 inhabitants, 1 store, 1 tavern, one physician, and mechanics of various professions. There are also adjoining this place, a tan yard, and carding machine, together with a commodious grist and sawmill.

HOGAN. A valuable mill stream which takes it rise in Dearborn county, and empties into the Ohio river at the town of Aurora, 4 miles below Lawrenceburgh.

LAWRENCEBURGH. This town is the seat of justice of Dearborn county, situated immediately below the mouth of the Big Miami, on the bank of the Ohio river, 20 miles below Cincinnati, N. Lat. 39 6, W. Lon. 7 38. It contains about 150 handsome brick and frame dwelling houses, 700 inhabitants, 9 stores, 5 taverns, 6 lawyers, 3 physicians, and a vast number of mechanics of various professions. There is a very large store house, 5 stories high, erected in this place, which is considered to be the best on the river from Cincinnati to the Falls; at which a very considerable business is done; proprietor Mr. Gibson. There is also an expensive silk lace-factory established in this town, which supplies a large district of country with this article. This is the only establishment of the kind west of the mountains. The place also contains a printing office and masonic lodge.

“Some idea can be formed of the commerce and growing importance of this town and country, by the following statement of produce shipped at the river, for the Mississippi or lower country market, from the 1st of January to the 1st of May, 1826. In giving this statement, we have confined ourselves, almost exclusively to the product of the neighborhood of the town: not having it in our power to give the whole amount of produce exported from the county, which would, it is believed, if taken into the account, swell the sum to 80 or 100,000 dollars.

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In making out the above, a number of articles, forming small sums, such as oats, flax-see, hoop poles, &c. were omitted, but which in the aggregate, would amount to six or seven thousand dollars. The price set to each article, it will be observed, is what is supposed the average price received for it, when taken to market; some of which are probably put at under prices: none, we believe, too high.

To carry this produce to market, something like twenty flat boats were employed, at an average price of one hundred dollars each.—These boats were generally built by our own citizens; and the hands employed to navigate them, resided principally in the county: so that the greater part of the money expended for the exportation, was put in circulation in the county, among our industrious and enterprising citizens.”

LAUGHERY. A large creek which takes it rise in Ripley county, and empties into the Ohio river, three or 4 miles below Lawrenceburgh.

MANCHESTER. A small post town in Dearborn county.

NEW LAWRENCEBURGH. A flourishing village situated on the south bank of Tanners creek, in Dearborn county. It is separated from old Lawrenceburgh by a narrow strip of low ground which is frequently inundated by the back water from the Ohio river. The site of this town is, however, several feet about high water mark. It contains about 25 handsome brick and frame buildings, elegantly painted, 100 inhabitants, 2 stores, 1 tavern, and several mechanics.

RISING SUN. A post town in Dearborn county, situated on a beautiful eminence on the bank of the Ohio river, 13 miles below Lawrenceburgh. It contains from 80 to 90 handsome dwelling houses, chiefly brick and frame; 4 stores, 2 inns, 2 physicians and a vast number of mechanics of various professions. The land around this town is broken, yet fertile. This place has the advantage of steam boat navigation: in short, but few villages on this noble river, offer greater inducements to the industrious and enterprising, than this place.

WILMINGTON, a flourishing post town in Dearborn county: it is handsomely situated on Hogan creek, 8 miles from Lawrenceburgh. It contains about 40 dwelling houses, 100 inhabitants, 1 physician, 2 taverns, 1 store, a valuable tanyard, and a number of industrious mechanics.

Switzerland County – 1826 Indiana Gazetteer

Switzerland County, Indiana entries from:
Scott, John. The Indiana Gazetteer or Topographical Dictionary. 1826. Reprint, Indianapolis : Indiana Historical Society, 1954.
Digital Copy on Internet Archive

ALLENSVILLE, a small post town in Switzerland county.

MANCHESTER. A small post town in Dearborn county.

MOUNT STERLING. A small, thriving village in Switzerland county, in which there is a post office established.

SWITZERLAND. An old county bordering on the Ohio river, which forms its boundary on the east and south, Jefferson on the west and Dearborn county on the north. It contains about 250 square miles and 6000 inhabitants. The land is fertile and well watered by several small mill streams. There are several settlements of Swiss emigrants in this county, who have cultivated the vine with good success; wine of a superior quality, has been made, in large quantities, by these industrious citizens. Few counties in this state possess greater advantages than Switzerland. Vevay is the seat of justice.

VEVAY. This town is the seat of justice of Switzerland county: it is situated on the north bank of the Ohio river, 100 miles by water below Cincinnati, 18 above Madison, and 95 south-east from Indianapolis. N. Lat. 38 45, W. Lon. 7 50. It contains about 100 handsome brick and frame dwelling houses, 400 inhabitants, 7 stores, 3 taverns, 3 lawyers, 3 physicians, and a printing office; there are also several extensive vineyards in its immediate vicinity, owned by Messrs. DuFours, Mr. Bateau, Mr. Morod, and Mr. Galey. Great quantities of red and white wines are manufactured at these establishments, which meet with a ready market in the neighboring towns in this state and Kentucky. There is a large settlement of Swiss emigrants adjacent to this town, the greater part of whom are engaged in the cultivation of the vine, and extensive gardens.