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Blackford
County is located in the east central portion of the
U.S. state of Indiana. The county is named for Judge
Isaac Blackford, who was the first speaker of the
Indiana General Assembly and a long-time chief justice
of the Indiana Supreme Court. Created in 1838, Blackford
County is divided into four townships, and its county
seat is Hartford City. Two incorporated cities and one
incorporated town are located within the county. The
county is also the site of numerous unincorporated
communities and ghost towns. Occupying only 165.58
square miles (428.9 km2), Blackford County is the fourth
smallest county in Indiana. As of the 2010 census,
the
county's population is 12,766 people in 5,236
households. Based on
population, the county is the 8th
smallest county of the 92 in Indiana.
Before the arrival of European-American settlers during
the 1830s, the northeastern portion of the future
Blackford County was briefly the site of an Indian
reservation for Chief Francois Godfroy of the Miami
tribe. The first European-American pioneers were
typically farmers that settled near rivers where the
land had drainage suitable for agriculture. Originally,
the county was mostly swampland, but more land became
available for farming as the marshes were cleared and
drained. Over the next 30 years, small communities
slowly developed throughout the county. When the
county's rail lines were constructed in the 1860s and
1870s, additional communities evolved around railroad
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