Headnote
SULLIVAN COUNTY, situated on the west boundary of Indiana, with Wabash river on the west. Area, 430 square miles. Seat of justice, Sullivan. c. h. Pop. in 1830, 4,690; in 1840, 8,315; in 1850, 10,141. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Indiana

Sullivan County, Indiana (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
SULLIVAN COUNTY, situated on the west boundary of Indiana, with Wabash river on the west. Area, 430 square miles. Seat of justice, Sullivan. c. h. Pop. in 1830, 4,690; in 1840, 8,315; in 1850, 10,141.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 347.
Date Type
Federal draft official shot dead from ambush in Sullivan County, Indiana Crime/Disasters
Freak railroad accident hits Indiana governor's train and kills the state's Superintendent of Instruction Crime/Disasters
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