. 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 . ver 2,500 farms, embraced in 212,000acres. Average acres per farm, acres. Thevalue of all farm property was $13,000,000,showing per cent, increase over 1900. Theaverage value of land per acre was $ The total value of domestic animals was over $1,300,-000: Number of cattle 14,000, valued at $350,-000; horses 7,600, valued at $730,000; hogs23,000, valued at $150,000; sheep 5,900, valuedat $23,000. The total
. 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 . ver 2,500 farms, embraced in 212,000acres. Average acres per farm, acres. Thevalue of all farm property was $13,000,000,showing per cent, increase over 1900. Theaverage value of land per acre was $ The total value of domestic animals was over $1,300,-000: Number of cattle 14,000, valued at $350,-000; horses 7,600, valued at $730,000; hogs23,000, valued at $150,000; sheep 5,900, valuedat $23,000. The total value of poultry was$58,000. CLINTON COUNTY FRANKFORT, SEAT OF JUSTICE CLINTON COUNTY is bounded on thenorth by Carroll and Howard, on the eastby Tipton and Hamilton, on the south by Booneand on the west by Tippecanoe and Montgomerycounties. It has an area of 408 square miles,and is located in the second tier of countiesnorthwest of Indianapolis. Organization. ■— The organization of thecounty became effective March 1, 1830. Thetown of Jefferson, four miles west of the thenfuture town of Frankfort, was the temporarycounty seat of Clinton from the day of its organi-. Clinton County Court-House, Frankfort. zation, May 3, 1830, until the proper buildingswere erected at Frankfort. The site of Frank-fort was selected by the State commissionersand the county agent was ordered on May 19,1830, to have the land surveyed and laid off inlots. The first term of court in Frankfort con-vened April, 1831, in the new log county was named after DeWitt Clinton,at one time Governor of New York. The principal streams in the county are thesouth fork of Wild Cat, Kilmore and SugarCreek. The soil surface is sufficiently undulatingto afford good drainage and the farms of thecounty are well drained and under a high stateof cultivation. In a small portion of the south-eastern part of the county natural gas was many places in the county there is a largedeposit of excellent
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