. 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 . , with a large proportion of bottomlands and all susceptible of profitable county contains 211 square miles. Organization.—Fayette county was organ-ized December 28, 1818, by an act of the Legis-lature which became effective January 1, its organization, Connersville has been the county seat, which was laid out by John Connerin 1817, from whom it took its name. Fayettecounty was named in honor of
. 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 . , with a large proportion of bottomlands and all susceptible of profitable county contains 211 square miles. Organization.—Fayette county was organ-ized December 28, 1818, by an act of the Legis-lature which became effective January 1, its organization, Connersville has been the county seat, which was laid out by John Connerin 1817, from whom it took its name. Fayettecounty was named in honor of General Lafay-ette. Population of Fayette county in 1890 was12,630; in 1900 was 13,495, and according toUnited States Census of 1910 was 14,415, ofwhich 363 were of white foreign birth. Therewere 3,761 families in the county and 3,647dwellings. Townships, Cities and Towns.—There arenine townships in Fayette county: Columbia,Connersville, Fairview, Harrison, Jackson, Jen-nings, Orange, Posey and Waterloo. The incor-porated cities and towns are Connersville, EastConnersville and Glenwood. Connersville is thecounty seat. CENTENNIAL HISTORY AND HANDBOOK OF INDIANA 245. Fayette County Court-House, Connersville. Public Library, Connersville. 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 Fayette countywas $5,500,100; value of improvements was$2,566,675, and the total net value of taxableswas $12,429,080. There were 2,888 polls in thecounty. Improved Roads.—There were sixty-twomiles of improved roads in Fayette county builtand under jurisdiction of the county commission-ers January 1, 1915. Amount of gravel roadbonds outstanding, $81, Railroads—Steam and Electric.—There miles of steam railroad operated in Fayettecounty by the Cincinnati division of C, I. & W.;Fort Wayne, Cincinnati & Louisville; CambridgeCity branch P., C, C. & St. L., and
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