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Putnam County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana.As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 36,726. [2] The county seat is Greencastle. [3] The county was named for Israel Putnam, a hero in the French and Indian War and a general in the American Revolutionary War.
National Road over Deer Creek Historic District. Upload image. May 23, 2018. ( #100002497) U.S. Route 40, W570S, Old U.S. Route 40, S25E, and Putnam County Bridges 187 and 237. 39°34′42″N 86°50′50″W. / 39.5783°N 86.8472°W / 39.5783; -86.8472 ( National Road over Deer Creek Historic District) Warren Township.
Greencastle is a city in Greencastle Township, Putnam County, Indiana, United States, and the county seat of Putnam County. [3] It is located near Interstate 70 approximately halfway between Terre Haute and Indianapolis in the west-central portion of the state. The city is the home of DePauw University. The population was 9,820 at the 2020 census.
This project, “A Generation at War,” tells family stories out of Putnam County, Indiana, from a 30-year period before, during and after the Civil War. ... Preserving Indiana's Civil War ...
Added to NRHP. September 14, 2015. Forest Hill Cemetery is a historic cemetery located in Greencastle Township, Putnam County, Indiana. It was established in 1865, and is a 133-acre city cemetery for Greencastle, Indiana. Notable features include the Forest Hill Abbey (1931), four family crypts (c. 1880), the Soldier's Monument (1870), DAR ...
This is a list of the Indiana state historical markers in Putnam County. This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Putnam County, Indiana, United States by the Indiana Historical Bureau. The locations of the historical markers and their latitude and longitude coordinates are included below when ...
Luke Townsend – who was the au pair for James Townsend's daughter, Mary, prior to his emancipation – established the first Sunday School in Putnam County and is credited as the founder of the congregation that eventually became Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Greencastle, Indiana, at one time the largest Black church in Indiana. [11]
The history of human activity in Indiana, a U.S. state in the Midwest, stems back to the migratory tribes of Native Americans who inhabited Indiana as early as 8000 BC. Tribes succeeded one another in dominance for several thousand years and reached their peak of development during the period of Mississippian culture.