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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 48. Chapters: Vermilion County, Illinois, Monroe County, Georgia, Chippewa County, Michigan, Jones County, Mississippi, Muscogee County, Georgia, Henry County, Illinois, Coweta County, Georgia, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, Marion County, Missouri, Lee County, Georgia, Carroll County, Georgia, McDonough County, Illinois, Fountain County, Indiana, Troup County, Georgia, Anderson County, South Carolina, Russell County, Kentucky, Fallsburg, New York, House of Lords Library, Royal Albion Hotel, Bowery Theatre, Yale - New Haven Hospital, Seven Society, Cowes Week, Meneely Bell Foundry, Drogheda Steam Packet Company, Baybridge Canal, Portland Athenaeum, Kentucky Association, Wenlock Basin, Union Oyster House, American Temperance Society, Ministry of the Imperial Court, Sejny Priest Seminary, Asakir-i Mansure-i Muhammediye, Coombe Women's Hospital, Luccan pound, Lyon & Turnbull, Warneford Hospital, Argentine peso moneda corriente, Cenacle, Tuscan fiorino, Kamenny Island Theatre, Massachusetts General Colored Association, E. Schweizerbart. Excerpt: Fountain County lies in the western part of the U.S. state of Indiana on the east side of the Wabash River. The county was officially established in 1826 and was the 53rd in Indiana. The county seat is Covington. According to the 2000 census, its population was 17,954. The county has eight incorporated towns with a total population of about 9,700, as well as many small unincorporated communities; it is also divided into eleven townships which provide local services. An interstate highway, two U.S. Routes and five Indiana state roads cross the county, as does a major railroad line. The state of Indiana was established in 1816. The first non-indigenous settler in the area that became Fountain County is thought to have been a Mr. Forbes, who arrived here in early 1823 and was soon followed by other...
