Indiana (territory) -- Switzerland (county)


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County Seat: Vevay

County Name: Named for the country of Switzerland.


 
Boundary Changes
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Date
Area
Change
01 OCT 1814244Created from Dearborn and Jefferson counties.
   

 

 

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Switzerland County was formed on 01 October 1814 by An Act for the formation of a new county out of the counties of Dearborn and Jefferson, and for other purposes [click here for more information] . The county's boundaries would not change before statehood.

The following map shows the original size of the county at its founding (in red with yellow border) superimposed on a modern map

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Switzerland County in 1814

 

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An Act for the formation of a new county out of the counties of Dearborn and Jefferson, and for other purposes, 1814

§ 1. BE it enacted by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage hereof, all that part of the counties of Dearborn and Jefferson, which is included in the following boundaries, shall form and constitute a new county: that is to say; begining at a point between fractional sections number twenty two and twenty seven, on the Ohio river, in town three range one, west, thence due west with said sectional line to the old Indian boundary, thence nearly north running with said boundary to the north east corner of section thirteen, town six, range twelve in the new purchase, thence due north with said section line to the north east corner of town six, range twelve, thence west with the line dividing town six, range twelve, and town seven, and range twelve to the sectional line, dividing sections five and four, in town six, range twelve, in the new purchase, thence south with said sectional line, to the Ohio river, at a point between fractional sections number twenty and twenty one, about one mile below the old Indian boundary, in town three range twelve in the new purchase, thence with the meanders of the Ohio river and up the same to the place of begining.

 

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