. 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 . e, Union and Wash-ington. The incorporated cities and towns areBrownsburg, Coatesville, Clayton, Danville, Liz-ton, North Salem, Pittsboro and Plainfield. Dan-ville is the county seat. Taxable Property and Polls.—According tothe annual report of the Auditor of State fromthe abstract of the tax duplicate for 1913, thetotal value of lands and lots in Hendricks countywas $11,655,606, value of improvements was$2,785,065 and t
. 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 . e, Union and Wash-ington. The incorporated cities and towns areBrownsburg, Coatesville, Clayton, Danville, Liz-ton, North Salem, Pittsboro and Plainfield. Dan-ville is the county seat. Taxable Property and Polls.—According tothe annual report of the Auditor of State fromthe abstract of the tax duplicate for 1913, thetotal value of lands and lots in Hendricks countywas $11,655,606, value of improvements was$2,785,065 and the total net value of taxableswas $19,583,852. There were 3,581 polls in thecounty. Improved Roads.—There were 330 miles ofimproved roads in Hendricks county built andunder jurisdiction of the county commissionersJanuary 1, 1915. Amount of gravel road bondsoutstanding, $390, Railroads—Steam and Electric.—There miles of steam railroad operated in Hen-dricks county by the Springfield division of theC, I. & W.; St. Louis division and the P. & of the Big Four; the St. Louis divisionand the Vincennes division of the Vandalia rail-. W^ S^— -^i V ¥ fill, 1 ■ IfcJH % i r \r 1 ■I r <■ t i wlii iina MBHfWfl ; :~r; JWHSK? . » ■£ y ! f ! - , Public Librar}, Danville. Central Normal College, Danville. roads. The Terre Haute, Indianapolis & EasternTraction Company operates miles of elec-tric lines in the county. Educational.—According to the report ofTheodore B. Martin, county superintendent ofHendricks county, there were seventy-two school-houses, including ten high schools, in HendricksCounty in 1914, employing 173 teachers. Theaverage daily attendance by pupils was 4, aggregate amount paid in salaries to super-intendents, supervisors, principals and teacherswas $89, Estimated value of school prop-erty in the county was $501,700, and the totalamount of indebtedness, including bonds, was$148,605. Agriculture.—The
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