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| Name of County | Date Formed | Boundary Changes |
Parent County | Counties Created by Boundary Changes |
| Adams | 1835 Feb 07 | Details | Warren | none |
| Allen | 1823 Dec 17 | Details | Indian lands | DeKalb 1835, Wells 1835 |
| Bartholomew | 1821 Jan 08 | Details | Indian lands | none |
| Benton | 1840 Feb 18 | Details | Indian lands | none |
| Blackford | 1838 Feb 15 | Details | Jay | none |
| Boone | 1831 Jan 29 | Details | Indian lands | none |
| Brown | 1836 Feb 04 | Details | Morgan, Johnson, Monroe, Lawrence | none |
| Carroll | 1828 Jan 07 | Details | Indian lands | White 1834 |
| Cass | 1828 Dec 18 | Details | Indian lands | Miami 1832, Pulask 1835 |
| Clark | 1801 Feb 03 | Details | Knox | Floyd 1819, Scott 1820 |
| Clay | 1825 Feb 12 | Details | Indian lands | none |
| Clinton | 1830 Jan 29 | Details | Indian lands | none |
| Crawford | 1818 Jan 29 | Details | Harrison | Orange 1815 |
| Daviess | 1816 Jan 24 | Details | Indian lands | none |
| Dearborn | 1803 Mar 07 | Details | Indiana Territory | Ohio 1844, Orange 1815 |
| Decatur | 1821 Dec 31 | Details | Indian lands | none |
| DeKalb | 1835 Feb 07 | Details | Allen | none |
| Delaware | 1827 Jan 26 | Details | Indian lands | Grant 1831, Morgan 1822 |
| Dubois | 1817 Dec 20 | Details | Orange, Perry | none |
| Elkhart | 1830 Jan 29 | Details | Indian lands | Noble 1835 |
| Fayette | 1818 Dec 28 | Details | Wayne | Madison 1823 |
| Floyd | 1819 Jan 02 | Details | Harrison, Clark | none |
| Fountain | 1825 Dec 20 | Details | Montgomery | none |
| Franklin | 1810 Nov 27 | Details | Wayne, Ripley | Rush 1821 |
| Fulton | 1835 Feb 07 | Details | Indian lands | none |
| Gibson | 1813 Mar 09 | Details | Knox | none |
| Grant | 1831 Feb 10 | Details | Delaware | Huntington 1832 |
| Greene | 1821 Jan 05 | Details | Knox | none |
| Hamilton | 1823 Jan 08 | Details | Hancock, Marion | Tipton 1844 |
| Hancock | 1827 Jan 26 | Details | Madison | Hamilton 1823 |
| Harrison | 1808 Oct 11 | Details | Indiana Territory | Crawford 1818, Floyd 1819, Perry 1814 |
| Hendricks | 1823 Dec 20 | Details | Indian lands | none |
| Henry | 1821 Dec 31 | Details | Indian lands | none |
| Howard | 1846 Dec 28 | Details | renamed from Richardsville | none |
| Huntington | 1832 Feb 02 | Details | Grant | Wabash 1832, Wells 1835, Whitley 1835 |
| Jackson | 1815 Dec 18 | Details | Washington | Scott 1820 |
| Jasper | 1835 Feb 07 | Details | Indian lands | Newton 1835 |
| Jay | 1835 Feb 07 | Details | Randolph | Blackford 1838 |
| Jefferson | 1810 Nov 23 | Details | Indian lands | none |
| Jennings | 1816 Dec 27 | Details | Indian lands | none |
| Johnson | 1822 Dec 31 | Details | Indian lands | Brown 1836 |
| Knox | 1790 Jun 20 | Details | Northwest Territory | Clark 1801, Gibson 1813, Green 1821, Posey 1814 |
| Kosciusko | 1835 Feb 07 | Details | Indian lands | none |
| LaGrange | 1832 Feb 02 | Details | state lands | none |
| Lake | 1836 Jan 28 | Details | Porter, Newton | none |
| La Porte | 1832 Jan 09 | Details | Indian lands | none |
| Lawrence | 1818 Jan 07 | Details | Orange | Brown 1836 |
| Madison | 1823 Jan 04 | Details | Fayette | Hancock 1827 |
| Marion | 1821 Dec 31 | Details | Ohio | Hamilton 1823 |
| Marshall | 1835 Feb 07 | Details | Indian lands | Starke 1835 |
| Martin | 1820 Jan 17 | Details | Indian lands | none |
| Miami | 1832 Feb 02 | Details | Cass | none |
| Monroe | 1818 Jan 14 | Details | Orange | Brown 1836, Morgan 1821 |
| Montgomery | 1822 Dec 21 | Details | Indian lands | Fountain 1825, Tippecanoe 1826 |
| Morgan | 1821 Dec 31 | Details | Monroe | Brown 1836 |
| Newton | 1835 Feb 07 | Details | Jasper | Lake 1836 |
| Noble | 1835 Feb 07 | Details | Elkhart | none |
| Ohio | 1844 Jan 04 | Details | Dearborn | Marion 1821 |
| Orange | 1815 Dec 26 | Details | Dearborn | Dubois 1817, Lawrence 1818, Monroe 1818 |
| Owen | 1818 Dec 21 | Details | Indian lands | none |
| Parke | 1821 Jan 09 | Details | Indian lands | Vermillion 1824 |
| Perry | 1814 Sep 07 | Details | Harrison, Warrick | Dubois 1817 |
| Pike | 1816 Dec 21 | Details | Indian lands | none |
| Porter | 1835 Feb 07 | Details | Indian lands | Lake 1836 |
| Posey | 1814 Sep 07 | Details | Knox | none |
| Pulaski | 1835 Feb 07 | Details | Cass | none |
| Putnam | 1821 Dec 31 | Details | Indian lands | none |
| Randolph (new) | 1818 Jan 10 | Details | Wayne | Jay 1835 |
| Ripley | 1816 Dec 27 | Details | Indian lands | Franklin 1810 |
| Rush | 1821 Dec 31 | Details | Franklin | none |
| St. Joseph | 1830 Jan 29 | Details | Indian lands | none |
| Scott | 1820 Jan 12 | Details | Clark, Jackson | none |
| Shelby | 1821 Dec 31 | Details | Indian lands | none |
| Spencer | 1818 Jan 10 | Details | Warwick | none |
| Starke | 1835 Feb 07 | Details | Marshall | none |
| Steuben | 1835 Feb 07 | Details | Indian lands | none |
| Sullivan | 1816 Dec 30 | Details | Indiana Territory | none |
| Switzerland | 1814 sep 07 | Details | Indian lands | none |
| Tippecanoe | 1826 Jan 20 | Details | Montgomery | none |
| Tipton | 1844 Jan 15 | Details | Hamilton | none |
| Union | 1821 Jan 05 | Details | Wayne | none |
| Vanderburgh | 1818 Jan 07 | Details | Indian lands | none |
| Vermillion | 1824 Jan 02 | Details | Parke | none |
| Vigo | 1818 Jan 21 | Details | Indian lands | none |
| Warren | 1827 Jan 19 | Details | Indian lands | Adams 1835 |
| Washington | 1813 Dec 21 | Details | Indian lands | Jackson 1815 |
| Wayne | an 01 Ja 81 | Details | Indiana Territory | Clark, Dearborn, Knox |
| Wells | 1835 Feb 07 | Details | Huntington, Allen | none |
| White | 1834 Feb 01 | Details | Carroll | none |
| Whitley | 1835 Feb 07 | Details | Huntington | none |
- ↑ [http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/Indiana/viewer.htm Indiana Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, John H. Long, Editor; Peggy Tuck Sinko, Associate Editor; Gordon DenBoer, Historical Compiler; Douglas Knox, Book Digitizing Director and Digital Compiler; Emily Kelley, Research Associate; Laura Rico-Beck, GIS Specialist; Peter Siczewicz, ArcIMS Interactive Map Designer; Robert Will, Cartographic Assistant. Copyright The Newberry Library 2008.