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Warrick County, Indiana

76 topographic sheets cover 44 settlements here, and 6 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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6 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service

Indiana within the United States
Warrick County within Indiana

What the record shows

  • 810 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 6 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 3 buildings, 2 districts and 1 structure.
  • 3 of the 6 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 44 populated places in this county; 44 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.
  • 1 public-domain county history, 1881, supplies 708 words of narrative reproduced here.

Places on the National Register

6

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Boonville Public Square Historic Districtdistrict198786002720
Old Newburgh Presbyterian Churchbuilding197878000040
Old Warrick County Jailbuilding197979000025
Original Newburgh Historic Districtdistrict198383000162
Pyeatt's Mill Iron Bridgestructure2022100008058
Roberts-Morton Housebuilding197474000024

Wildfire, 2005

1 fire

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1 of them, burning about 9 acres. None started naturally and none was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
1 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresPatoka River National Wildlife RefugeMALLETT

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1955 to 2025

60 of 394 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 394 reports for this county, causing 6 deaths, 46 injuries and about $99,120,500 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind135
Flood91
Hail74
Flash Flood34
Tornado29
Heavy Rain21
Funnel Cloud9
Lightning1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2005Tornado (F3)Newburgh4 killed, 30 hurt, $65,000,000This tornado, which crossed into Warrick County from Vanderburgh County just south of Interstate 164 (at Angel Mounds), crossed the entire county in less than 20 minutes. The tornado reached its peak intensity in Warrick County, where winds reached about 200 MPH. The peak winds occurred along Highway 261 and Lincoln Road, in an industrial park near Paradise, and in DeGonia Springs. As the tornado passed south of Boonville, the county seat of Warrick County, a teenage girl was killed in a vehicle. In the community of DeGonia Springs, three persons in a mobile home were killed. One of the victims was a woman who was 8-months pregnant. From the north side of Newburgh to DeGonia Springs, houses were severely damaged or destroyed, and vehicles were tossed. Some of the tornado victims were moved 40 feet or more. The tornado passed just to the south of Tennyson before exiting into Spencer County.
May 1990Thunderstorm Windnot stated1 killed, 6 hurtno account filed
April 1979Tornado (F2)not stated1 killed, 2 hurt, $25,000no account filed
March 2020Tornado (EF2)Newburgh2 hurt, $2,000,000The tornado crossed the Ohio River from Henderson County, Kentucky into Newburgh. Five homes lost at least portions of their roof, and at least one home lost some of its second story walls. Dozens of other homes received moderate to major damage, including several with fallen trees causing major damage. Hundreds of trees were snapped or uprooted. Dozens of small buildings, garages, and other small structures were damaged. Many power lines were either blown down or brought down by fallen trees. At least two people were treated and released from area hospitals. The tornado was photographed near the beginning of its track along the Ohio River. Peak winds were estimated near 125 mph.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindNewburgh2 hurt, $25,000Multiple large trees were down. A couple was trapped in their vehicle on Highway 662 when a large tree fell on their car. The woman had to be extricated from the car. The couple sustained some scrapes and bruises, and the car was totalled. A wind gust to 60 MPH was clocked at Newburgh, and there were power lines down there.
May 1957Tornado (F2)not stated2 hurt, $25,000no account filed
April 1996Flash FloodBoonville1 hurt, $80,000no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindBoonville1 hurt, $50,000A large tree fell on a home, injuring one person. Multiple large trees were down on the south side of town.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindStevenson$25,000,000A very intense macroburst caused extensive damage across the county, including the Boonville area. The average width of the damage area was about three miles. The macroburst entered Warrick County from Vanderburgh County in the Stevenson and Newburgh areas. It continued east roughly along Highway 62 across Boonville to the Tennyson area. Peak winds were estimated near 120 mph. Wind speeds averaged from 60 to 90 mph, with frequent peaks over 100 mph. A damage assessment indicated roughly 100 structures were damaged, with dozens destroyed. Dozens of vehicles were damaged due to falling trees. The assessed number of damaged homes and vehicles includes Evansville and Vanderburgh County as well. Thousands of trees were uprooted, snapped, or otherwise damaged. The trees were up to five feet in diameter. Hundreds of power poles were snapped or blown over. Damage to one farmstead was estimated at over two million dollars. The specific types of damage included a mobile home that was blown off its support piers, roofing that was blown off some structures, and window and siding damage to many others. There was structural damage to some houses, barns, and a warehouse. One grain silo was destroyed. Most of the structural damage was caused by falling trees. The power company servicing the region reported 50,000 customers without power a couple hours after the storm. Numerous roads were blocked by downed trees and power lines. Numerous wires were blown down or hanging low, and telephone service was not reliable. The total length of the damage area across Vanderburgh, Warrick, and extreme western Spencer Counties was 35 miles. The average width of the damage area was three miles, with a maximum width of four miles.
May 2004Tornado (F2)Newburgh$2,500,000This tornado touched down just west of Phelps Road, and it lifted at Highway 66 and Sharon Road. Access to the city of Newburgh was restricted due to many trees on roads and power lines. Many of the trees landed on homes, businesses, and vehicles. A front porch was torn off a home. Carports were destroyed, including one that was thrown into a ravine. The city's maintenance garage was buried under fallen trees, destroying four of the city's five trucks. Several roofs were blown off businesses. Peak winds were estimated near 120 MPH.
April 1996Tornado (F2)Yankeetown$500,000no account filed
July 2024Tornado (EF1)Stevenson$350,000An EF-1 tornado that began just east of the Evansville Regional Airport tracked east-southeastward, crossing from Vanderburgh County to Warrick County. The tornado crossed several fields before reaching more populated neighborhoods from Bell Rd onward. The majority of the damage was caused by downed trees and large tree limbs. Several trees fell into homes causing damage. A few homes also suffered roof and gutter damage. There was very substantial tree damage along Telephone Rd to Fuquay Rd. The tornado eventually lifted between Wethers Rd and IN-61 in the Victoria Hills area. Estimated peak winds for the Warrick County portion, and the tornado as a whole, were 110 mph.
November 2005Flash FloodCountywide$350,00030 to 50 homes were affected by flash flooding. Boonville's city lake overflowed into surrounding low-lying areas. A spotter in Boonville measured 5.2 inches of rain during this first rain event. A co-operative observer in Newburgh reported 4.80 inches.
February 2012Tornado (EF1)Newburgh$250,000A tornado caused significant damage in the city of Newburgh. One garage was levelled, and about two dozen homes received varying degrees of roof damage. Two of the homes were destroyed, with their roofs completely removed. Fifteen to twenty other homes had partial roof damage. Two businesses sustained partial roof damage, and the brick wall of a third business was damaged. About twelve telephone poles were blown over. Numerous large trees were blown down, including some across Highway 66. The tornado came off the Ohio River. Peak winds were estimated near 90 mph. The average path width was 100 yards.
March 2008FloodElberfeld$200,000Major flooding occurred after 7 to 10 inches of rain fell in 36 hours. Many roads were closed, including one major road. The county exhausted its supply of road closed signs. Sand bags were distributed to homeowners and business owners threatened by flooding. A mudslide on Rockport Road exposed a gas line. Floodwaters rushed over the top of a bridge on a seconday road just north of Chandler. A railroad track along U.S. Highway 62 was flooded. An SUV was washed off a secondary road into a ditch. Roadways and culverts were washed out.
May 1996Flash FloodChandler$200,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindChandler$150,000Numerous trees and power lines were down. Some cars, homes, and outbuildings were damaged either directly by wind or by trees falling on them. At least one vehicle was heavily damaged due to falling trees. Roofs were partially blown off, and attached car ports were blown off. A carport was blown 40 feet up into a tree. A barn was destroyed. The damage area was about 5.5 miles long and .6 mile wide, concentrated mainly on the southern end of Chandler. A National Weather Service site survey determined that macroburst winds of around 110 MPH caused the damage.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindBoonville$105,000A microburst containing winds estimated near 85 mph tracked north and northeast of Boonville. More than a dozen homes and other structures lost shingles or pieces of siding. Dozens of trees were uprooted. Many tree limbs were blown down. The microburst was about one mile wide on average.
April 2024Tornado (EF1)Stanley$100,000An EF-1 tornado formed in northern Warrick County, IN, during the early morning hours of April 2nd. The tornado did damage to part of a roof on Turpin Hill Rd along with snapping many trees near the Turpin Hill Rd railroad crossing. The tornado shifted southeastward, regaining an easterly trajectory upon reaching Old Kelly Rd. On Folsomville Rd, a large barn was destroyed and significant shingle damage occurred at a home. The tornado dissipated further east at Austill Rd. Overall, dozens of trees were snapped or uprooted and a few other homes observed minor damage. Estimated peak winds were 100 mph.
March 2018FloodNewburgh$100,000Moderate flooding continued along the Ohio River from late February. After cresting in late February at the highest level since March of 1997, the river fell below flood stage by mid-month. A few families were forced from their homes. Numerous roads were closed for days at a time, mostly county roads. Floodwaters crept over the riverbanks along Newburgh's scenic riverfront. Indiana Route 662 and Water Street in Newburgh were affected by high water. In eastern Warrick County, backwater from the Ohio River flooded Caney and Little Pigeon Creeks, flooding a few houses.
April 2015Tornado (EF1)Tennyson$100,000Maximum winds were estimated near 95 mph. One barn was destroyed, and several other barns sustained major roof damage. A garage lost its roof. Several trees were blown down. The funnel was sighted from Tennyson by a trained spotter.
April 2011Tornado (EF2)Boonville$90,000At the initial damage point just southwest of Greenbrier, many trees were snapped or uprooted. As the tornado crossed Highway 61, it demolished a barn and tossed the debris about 50 to 75 yards. Another barn was damaged, and numerous large trees were uprooted and snapped. Several homes suffered roof damage from both the wind and from trees or large branches falling on them. Three telephone poles were snapped on Highway 61. Parts of the damage path were over inaccessible, roadless coal mine property. Peak winds were estimated near 120 mph. The average path width was 300 yards.
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Wheatonville$80,000The tornado touched down along Indiana Route 57 at Wheatonville, damaging signs. The tornado continued moving east-northeast across open farmland before reaching Indiana Route 68. Large trees were down along the entire damage path. Utility poles were snapped off along Route 68 about ten feet from the base. The tornado then crossed into Gibson County in sparsely populated farm country and woodlands in the Pigeon Creek bottoms. A path of damage consisting of broken tree tops was visible in the bottomlands. Peak winds were estimated near 95 mph. The average path width was 75 yards.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindNewburgh$80,000Numerous large trees and branches were blown down. Numerous streets were blocked by fallen limbs. Tree limbs fell on at least several houses. Siding was torn off houses. A gust to 74 mph was measured by a spotter overlooking the Ohio River at the old Newburgh Dam.
April 2024Tornado (EF1)Chandler$75,000An EF-1 tornado touched down west of IN-261, and then impacted a residential area south of Hunter Rd. Three homes suffered substantial damage to their roofs. The tornado continued east-southeast to S. Center Rd before lifting just east of there. Hundreds of trees were either snapped or uprooted in the path. This survey was completed in partnership with Vanderburgh County and Warrick County Emergency Management Agencies. Estimated peak winds were 95 mph.
April 2024Tornado (EF1)Elberfeld$75,000An EF-1 tornado progressed into northwestern Warrick County, IN, after having begun in northeast Vanderburgh County during the early morning hours of April 2nd. Damage to several trees in tree lines between Elberfeld Rd and Seven Hills Rd was observed. The tornado continued south-southeastward south of Elberfeld, shifting more eastward at Seven Hills Rd. A barn was destroyed on Seven Hills Rd with tree damage observed further east. The tornado lifted near Pigeon Creek. Estimated peak winds for this tornado and for the Warrick County portion of it, were 105 mph.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindFolsomville$75,000Powerful downburst winds were produced following the lifting of a tornado, causing widespread wind damage in and around Folsomville. The broadening of wind damage into a straight-line wind profile was identified in an NWS storm survey. A public report called into the EMA noted that a tin roof was ripped off of a barn. Numerous trees were down on roads and power poles were also down.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindBoonville$70,000A microburst with 70-90 mph winds occurred in Warrick County south of Boonville, Indiana on the morning of April 2, 2024. The swath of damage was about 5 miles in length and 0.75 miles in width, stretching from Geneva Way to Metz Road, south of Maple Grove Road. Trees were uprooted and minor damage occurred to several homes including some fascia, siding, and shingle damage.
May 2024Flash FloodNewburgh$50,000Widespread flooding occurred in Warrick County north of Newburgh. Fire officials reported flash flooding at Lincoln and Epworth Rd near Deaconess Gateway. Fire officials also reported that Oak Grove Rd was flooded due to drainage ditches out of their banks east of Anderson Rd and Coal Mine Rd flooded near Telephone Rd with moving water. News media reported roadway flooding near Grimm Rd and Willow Pond Rd. Waters rose into neighborhoods, businesses, and farmland along SR 66. 3-5 inches of rainfall fell on the 14th with most of the rain occurring in the late afternoon hours. A measuring site at Deaconess Gateway reported over 5.5 inches of rain for the day as of 1700CST. CoCoRaHS sites in Newburgh reported 2.75-3.65 inches of rain just south of the hardest hit locations.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBoonville$50,000Several trees and powerlines were downed in Boonville and a front porch was shifted as a powerful surge in the storm line moved southeastward through the town.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindTennyson$50,000Trees were down, especially across northeast parts of the county. A house roof was blown off in Tennyson, and a barn was damaged.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindElberfeld$50,000Several large trees were uprooted, and dozens of large tree limbs were down throughout town. Some shingles were blown off the fire station. A large tree fell on a garage.
November 2005Flash FloodCountywide$50,000Additional thunderstorms during the late afternoon dumped 3.4 inches of rain in Boonville, bringing the 24-hour total to 8.6 inches. A few hours after the late afternoon thunderstorms, there were still several homes, businesses, and autos flooded in Boonville. During the early evening, South 8th Street was impassable, City Lake was close to overflowing its banks, and several streets had at least 6 inches of water over them. Near Chandler, two roads were impassable.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindCountywide$50,000Numerous trees were blown onto houses, vehicles, and power lines in Boonville, where wind gusts were estimated near 65 MPH. Large tree limbs were down 4 miles south of Mackey.
February 1999Thunderstorm WindNewburgh$50,000Thunderstorm winds damaged at least two businesses in Newburgh. Power poles were snapped along Route 261.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindNewburgh$50,000The roof was torn off a 50 by 100 foot metal pole building at the Alcoa Plant.
July 2025Flash FloodNewburgh$40,000An estimated one to two feet of flowing water across Grimm Rd and Willow Pond Rd down into the Ella Circle neighborhood. Water approached homes on Ella Circle. Water rescues occurred on Outer Lincoln Ave near the Marathon. Flash flooding was also reported on Epworth Rd and Stacer Rd. Radar estimated rainfall in far southwestern Warrick County was 1.5-2.5.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindNewburgh$40,000Dozens of trees were snapped or uprooted. Tree limbs were broken. A tree fell on a garage, damaging part of its roof and wall. A tall fence was blown down at the high school tennis court. The peak winds were estimated near 90 mph in this downburst, which was about 1.5 miles long and 0.75 mile wide.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindYankeetown$40,000A two-ton delivery truck was blown over into a small trailer. A lawn tractor was overturned. Several mainly small trees were uprooted, and several large limbs were broken. A two-story home suffered considerable shingle loss. The peak winds were estimated near 90 mph. The microburst damage area was about 300 yards wide and one-half mile long.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindYankeetown$30,000The roof of a building at a large aluminum plant was damaged.
April 2015Tornado (EF1)Elberfeld$30,000This tornado continued from Vanderburgh County. The majority of the damage with this tornado occurred in Vanderburgh County. Most of the damage path in Warrick County was through rural areas. A few homes lost shingles and gutters. Dozens of trees were uprooted or snapped. The average path width was 325 yards. Peak winds were estimated near 110 mph.
October 2013Thunderstorm WindNewburgh$30,000Trees were blown down. A power line was down across a home.
September 2009Flash FloodBoonville$30,000Many low-lying areas of Boonville were under water. Some roads were under as much as four feet of water. Numerous roads were flooded, with stranded cars. Some homes were flooded. A CoCoRahs (Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow) Network observer reported 1.57 inches of rain about a mile north of the city. The ground was already very moist from between 3 and 4 inches of rain that fell on the 20th.
August 2009Flash FloodParadise$30,000Flash flooding was reported along a few roads, including Highways 66 and 261. Water was up to vehicle doors on Highway 66. Three vehicles were stranded in high water on Highway 261 just outside Newburgh. One vehicle was stranded at the intersection of Highways 66 and 261. The main flooded area was on Highway 261 from Highway 66 southward toward Newburgh. There was an unconfirmed report of four inches of rain in Newburgh. A trained spotter in Newburgh measured 1.99 inches in an hour.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindLynnville$30,000A farmhouse near Lynnville was damaged as a thunderstorm gust front passed by. Witnesses reported seeing a tornado, which was later classified as a gustnado. Gustnadoes are tornado-like vorticies that form along the leading edge of thunderstorm gust fronts. A gust to 60 MPH was measured at Boonville.
May 2011FloodNewburgh$30,000no account filed
June 1996Tornado (F1)Stevenson$30,000no account filed
April 2024Thunderstorm WindElberfeld$25,000Two semis were blown off the road near the intersection of I-69 and I-64.
May 2024Tornado (EF1)Paradise$25,000A brief EF-1 tornado with estimated peak winds of 94 mph struck the northeast side of Newburgh, IN. The great majority of the damage was from uprooted trees and downed large tree limbs in a south to north path between Marywood Drive and Oakdale Drive. A couple homes also had fascia and gutter damage. NWS Paducah would like to thank the Warrick County Emergency Management Agency for surveying the damage path.
August 2023Flash FloodBoonville$25,000Numerous main roads were closed around Boonville. Cars stalled due to flash flooding.
July 2006Flash FloodNewburgh$25,000Numerous roads were flooded across the county. State Route 261 was almost impassable in some locations due to flowing water. In Boonville, garages and basements were flooded. Creek flooding approached State Route 61 between Boonville and Newburgh. The sheriff's office reported a few homes were flooding in the Newburgh area. Water was flowing up to the doors of businesses located just south of State Route 66. Spotters reported street flooding in residential areas of Newburgh, with some streets under six inches of water. A co-operative observer in Boonville measured 3.29 inches of rain during the day. In Newburgh, 3.5 inches of rain was received from midnight until the flash flooding began. A creek overflowed across a road.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindParadise$25,000A wind gust to 70 MPH was recorded at Newburgh Lock and Dam on the Ohio River. Trees and power lines were reported down in Newburgh, Paradise, Boonville, and Chandler. Indiana Route 62 was blocked by a fallen tree near Chandler.
March 1963Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
April 2024Tornado (EF1)St John$20,000An EF-2 tornado (max winds EF-1 in Warrick County) crossed into Warrick County just east of Elliott in Vanderburgh County, then progressed eastward damaging trees and a barn door on Base Line Rd. Near the intersection of Bethe Lane and Saint John Rd, another tornado to the north merged into this path. Several trees were uprooted east of Schultz Rd, with the tornado dissipating in the woods. Peak estimated winds were 90 mph in Warrick County with this tornado.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindPelzer$20,000As a surge in the line moved through, several trees were uprooted and snapped. Further east a greenhouse was knocked down with a measured wind gust of 56 mph. The estimated wind gust is based on the western tree damage. This line is approximately a half mile south of the surveyed microburst path and may be an extension of it.
February 2018FloodNewburgh$20,000Moderate flooding occurred along the Ohio River. At the river gage at Newburgh, the river crested at 50.12 feet on the 28th. Flood stage there is 38 feet. This was the highest flood crest at Newburgh since the flood of March, 1997. Just a few families were forced from their homes. Numerous roads were closed for days at a time, mostly county roads. The banks along Newburgh's scenic riverfront were damaged. Indiana Route 662 and Water Street in Newburgh were affected by high water. In eastern Warrick County, backwater from the Ohio River flooded Caney and Little Pigeon Creeks, flooding a few houses.
December 2013Flash FloodEames$20,000Fire and rescue personnel removed persons from a vehicle stranded in floodwaters on a local road near Tennyson. County Road 350N was flooded waist-high near State Route 161 in Tennyson. Significant street flooding occurred in Boonville. A van containing a woman and four children became stranded in floodwaters on Highway 261 between Chandler and Boonville.
May 2011FloodNewburgh$20,000Moderate flooding continued on the Ohio River from April. At the Newburgh river gage, the river continued to fall after cresting at 49.08 feet in late April. Part of Indiana Route 66 about one mile downriver from the dam was flooded. Highway 662 was flooded near the old lock and dam. Some low-lying agricultural land was flooded, forcing farmers to delay planting.
April 2011HailNewburgh$20,000Mostly quarter to a few 2-inch diameter hailstones broke out a windshield on a car. There were two waves of large hail in five minutes.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindChandler$15,000Tree damage occurred in the Castle Garden and Chandler area. Corn was blown over and a few metal pieces were thrown from structures.

Mines and quarries

2 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 2 workings inside this county. All of them still produce. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Stone1
Aluminum, Contained or Metal1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Warrick Aluminum Reduction PlantAluminum, Contained or MetalPlant
Warrick Co. Hwy. Dept.StoneProducer

The townships, in 1881

708 words

Warrick and Its Prominent People : a History of Warrick County, Indiana, from the Time of Its Organization and Settlement, with Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent People of the Past and Present devotes a chapter to each township: its boundaries and streams, who settled it and when, the mills, the schools and the churches. All 8 are reproduced here in full. Each row shows the township's own shape and where it lies in the county, drawn from the Census Bureau's boundary. Which settlements belong to which township is computed from that same boundary, not taken from the book.

Shape and position in the county TownshipSettlements in it LengthSections
Anderson TownshipDayville, Red Bush, Vanada, Yankeetown67 words0
Boon TownshipBoonville, Bullocktown, Center, New Hope, Pelzer, Rolling Acres94 words0
Campbell TownshipBaugh City, Fisherville, Jarretts, Millersburg, Saint John64 words0
Greer TownshipElberfeld, Rosebud, Wheatonville92 words0
Hart TownshipEby, Graham Valley, Greenbrier, Lynnville, Stanley, Turpin Hill165 words0
Ohio TownshipCamp Brosend, Castle Garden, Chandler, Hillcrest Terrace, Newburgh, Paradise, Rustic Hills, Stevenson62 words0
Owen TownshipDickeyville, Folsomville74 words0
Pigeon TownshipHeilman, Loafers Station, Selvin90 words0

The county's history books

47,407 words

One book written about this county, cut here where the book itself is cut, at its printed chapters: 1 chapter in all. Every chapter is public domain, machine-read from the scan and reproduced complete. A chapter already given under one of the county's towns is not repeated in this list.

Warrick and Its Prominent People : a History of Warrick County, Indiana, from the Time of Its Organization and Settlement, with Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent People of the Past and Present (1881)

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The whole text47,407 words in 4 parts

Every populated place in the county

44

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.