LIST OF COUNTIES IN INDIANA

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Contents

Current List

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Defunct counties

See also

References

External links

The U.S. state of 'Indiana' is comprised of 'ninety-two counties'. The oldest and newest counties in Indiana are Knox County (created 1790) and Newton County (created 1857), respectively.
The average population of Indiana's ninety-two counties according to 2006 U. S. Census estimates, is 66,092, with Marion County as the most populous (860,454), and Ohio County (5,623) the least. The largest county is Allen (657 sq. mi., 1,702 km²) and the smallest is, again, Ohio (87 sq. mi., 225 km²). According to the Indiana Constitution, no county may be created of less than 400 square miles, nor may any county smaller than this be further reduced in size.
The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles issues standard automobile license plates bearing a one or two digit number identifying the county in which the vehicle is registered. These prefixes proceed alphabetically, with prefixes greater than 92 reserved as overflow for the state's historically most-populous counties. Individual license plate numbers are assigned sequentially in each licensing office. The numbers are usually in the format '#A1234' or '##A1234', depending on whether the prefix is one or two digits. Special overflow consideration was given for Allen County and, more recently St. Joseph and Hamilton Counties, which also issue plates of the format '2AA1234', '71A1234', and '49AA1234', respectively.^[1]
The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code, which is used by the United States government to uniquely identify counties, is provided with each entry. The links in the column FIPS County Code are to the Census Bureau Info page for that county. Listed are the 92 counties of the U.S. state of Indiana.

Current List

County

FIPS Code[2]

County Seat

Licencse plate

Created

Origin

Etymology

Population

Area

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Defunct counties

★ Richardville County, renamed in 1846 to the current Howard County.

See also

★ Indiana

★ List of cities in Indiana

★ List of Indiana townships

★ List of school districts in Indiana (by county)

★ List of Indiana county name etymologies

References

★ Find a County - ''Counties, county seats, county formation, and areas''

★ US Census Bureau - ''Populations''

★ Indiana Counties - ''Etymologies''
1. Indiana License Plates, 1969-present
2. EPA County FIPS Code Listing

External links

★ Association of Indiana Counties

★ Census 2000 Gazetteer

★ National Association of Counties

★ Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles County Prefixes