Putnam County, Indiana

County: Putnam

State: Indiana

Lat/Long: 39.6333, -86.8500

The Indiana General Assembly created Putnam County on April 1, 1822. The county is located in west central Indiana. Commissioners appointed by the Indiana General Assembly selected the town of Greencastle, near the very center of the county, as the county's seat.

Peggy Tuck Sinko, comp., Atlas of Historical County Boundaries: Indiana, John H. Long, ed. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1996), 5, 350; Jesse W. Weik, Weik's History of Putnam County Indiana (Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen, 1910), 35.