Hancock County created 1828. Named for first signer of Declaration of Independence. Agricultural County, near center of Hoosier State. First settled 1818 in Blue River Township. Greenfield chosen County Seat in 1829. “Green Fields” inviting to weary travelers. Old National Road, main artery of pioneer travel, constructed through Hancock in 1835.

Early industries: grist and saw mills, tanneries, flax factories. 1890, Era of gas boom: glass factories flourished: nor gone. Present Court House, the Fourth, completed 1898.

Townships: Blue River, Brandywine, Brown, Buck Creek, Center, Green, Jackson, Sugar Creed, and Vernon.

Erected 1967

by The Hancock Co. Sesquicentennial Commission

Dorothy June Williams, Chairman

Elizabeth Snodgrass, Secretary

Elbert Griffith, Treasurer

Marker is at the intersection of West Main Street (U.S. 40) and East Street, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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