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| | More About Gibson County (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | Gibson County is divided into 10 Civil Townships as follows: Barton, Center, Columbia, Johnson, Montgomery, Patoka, Union (formed from Johnson and Patoka), Wabash, Washington and White River. |
 | | Gibson County was organized April 1, 1813, the same year that the State Capital was moved to Corydon. |
 | | Princeton, the County Seat, was first settled late in 1812 (or early 1813) by General Evans, Judge Prince, Brazil Brown, General Wilson, Colonel Hargrove, Major Robb and the Messrs Jones, Stockwells and Shannons and was named for Judge William Prince, who represented the First Congressional District in Congress in 1823-25. |
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