Greene County, Indiana

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Greene County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana, and determined by the U.S. Census Bureau to include the mean center of U.S. population in 1930. The exact point is marked by a monument in the City Park in Linton. As of 2000, the population was 33,157.

The county seat is Bloomfield. However, Bloomfield has not always been the County Seat. The first County Seat was located at Burlington. The locating commissioners had selected this site March 10, 1821, and Thomas Bradford, Frederick Shepherd and Zebulon Hogue had donated the land. It became necessary to relocate in 1824 for the reason that an adequate supply of water was not obtainable at this point. At this time, not a vestige remains of this former County Seat. Peter C. Van Slyke, a wealthy landowner, offered to donate the land for the location of a County Seat, which the commissioners accepted, and Bloomfield came into being. The first sale of lots was set for April 22, 1824, and a log Court House built that summer of "hewed logs, 26 by 20 feet, one story and a half high, with one door and one window, with twelve lights in it (8 by 16) in the lower story, with a good poplar plank floor ... to be covered with shingles" was in use; by 1849 the town of Bloomfield had a population of about 200 inhabitants.

History
Greene County was formed in 1821 from Sullivan County. It was named for Gen. Nathanael Greene, who commanded the southern theater in the Revolutionary War, eventually forcing Cornwallis to retreat to Yorktown.

Economic Development
Greene County Economic Development Corporation P.O. Box 7 Linton, IN 47441 812-847-4500 Fax: 812-847-4502 Joan C. Bethell, Executive Director

Local Transportation Company Terminals
Baggett Transportation www.baggetttransport.com/
Boyle Transportation www.boyletransport.com/
Tri-State Motor Transit (TSMT) Company www.tsmtco.com/

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,414 km² (546 sq mi). 1,403 km² (542 sq mi) of it is land and 11 km² (4 sq mi) of it (0.77%) is water.

Adjacent counties
Clay County (north [1])
Owen County (north [2])
Monroe County (east)
Lawrence County (southeast)
Martin County (south [1])
Daviess County (south [2])
Knox County (southwest)
Sullivan County (west)


Demographics

Greene County
Population by year
2000 33,157
1990 30,410
1980 30,416
1970 26,894
1960 26,327
1950 27,886
1940 31,330
1930 31,481
1920 36,770
1910 36,873
1900 28,530
1890 24,379
1880 22,996
1870 19,514
1860 16,041
1850 12,313
1840 8,321
1830 4,242

Cities and Towns
Bloomfield, Cincinnati, Jasonville, Linton, Lyons, Newberry, Owensburg, Scotland,
Solsberry, Switz City, & Worthington

Greene County is divided into 15 Civil Townships as follows: Beech Creek, Cass, Center, Fairplay, Grant, Highland, Jackson, Jefferson, Richland, Smith, Stafford, Stockton, Taylor, Washington and Wright.