Headnote
FOUNTAIN COUNTY, situated in the westerly part of Indiana, with Wabash river on the west and northwest. Area, 390 square miles. Seat of justice, Covington. Pop. in 1830, 7,619; in 1840, 11,218; in 1850, 13,262. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Indiana

Fountain County, Indiana (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
FOUNTAIN COUNTY, situated in the westerly part of Indiana, with Wabash river on the west and northwest. Area, 390 square miles. Seat of justice, Covington. Pop. in 1830, 7,619; in 1840, 11,218; in 1850, 13,262.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 128.
Name Type
Covington, IN City or Town
Date Title
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “McKinney and Blunt,” August 8, 1860
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