Headnote

BLACKFORD COUNTY, situated toward the northeast of Indiana, and watered by Salamanic river, a branch of the Wabash. Area, 182 square miles. Seat of justice, Blackford. Pop. in 1840, 1,226; in 1850, 2,860. (Fanning's, 1853)

Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Indiana

Blackford County, Indiana (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
BLACKFORD COUNTY, situated toward the northeast of Indiana, and watered by Salamanic river, a branch of the Wabash. Area, 182 square miles. Seat of justice, Blackford. Pop. in 1840, 1,226; in 1850, 2,860.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 43.
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