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Title: Centennial history and handbook of Indiana : the story of the state from its beginning to the close of the civil war, and a general survey of progress to the present time Year: 1915 (1910s) Authors: Cottman, George S. (George Streiby), 1857-1941 Hyman, Max R. (Max Robinson), 1859-1927 Subjects: Publisher: Indianapolis : M. R. Hyman Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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Text Appearing Before Image: onds, was $11,600. Agriculture.—There were in Dearborn countyin 1910 over 2,200 farms, embraced in 185,000acres. Average acres per farm, 82.5 acres. Thevalue of all farm property was $9,800,000, show-ing 51.0 per cent, increase over 1900. The aver-age value of land per acre was $30.43. The totalvalue of domestic animals was over $1,100,000:Number of cattle 13,000, valued at $360,000;horses 6,000, valued at $604,000; hogs 10,000,valued at $76,000; sheep 6,000, valued at $25,000.The total value of poultry in the county was$72,000, DECATUR COUNTY GREENSBURG, SEAT OF JUSTICE DECATUR COUNTY is located in the sec-ond tier of counties southeast of Indian-apolis. It is bounded on the north by Rush, onthe east by Franklin, on the south by Ripley andJennings and on the west by Bartholomew andShelby counties. It contains 400 square milesand is especially adapted to agriculture. Some ofthe finest limestone quarries of the State arelocated in the county. Organization.—Decatur county was organ-

Text Appearing After Image: Carnegie Library, Greensburg. ized December 31, 1821, and became effectiveMarch 4, 1822. It was named after the gallantCommodore Stephen Decatur. Greensburg wasselected as the county seat, which, tradition says,was so named by Mrs. Thomas A. Hendricks inhonor of her old home town in Pennsylvania. Population of Decatur county in 1890 was19,277; in 1900 was 19,518, and according toUnited States Census of 1910 was 18,793, ofwhich 370 were of white foreign birth. Therewere 4,935 families in the county and 4,844dwellings. Townships, Cities and Towns.—There arenine townships in Decatur county: Adams, Clay,Clinton, Fugit, Jackson, Marion, Salt Creek,Sand Creek and Washington. The incorporatedcities and towns are Greensburg, Milford, Mill-housen, New Point and Westport. Greensburgis the county seat. Taxable Property and Polls.—According tothe annual report of the Auditor of State fromthe abstract of the tax duplicate for 1913 the totalvalue of lands and lots in Decatur county was$9,832,00

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