Shelby County, Indiana
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Shelby County, Indiana is a part of a huge territory, known as the "New Purchase", which the Lenape and other Native American tribes ceded by treaty to the United States on October 3, 1818, at St. Mary's, Ohio. The area was not opened for settlement until 1820, the Indians having agreed to vacate the ceded lands by that date.
In 1820 the "New Purchase" was formally opened for settlement and most of the land which now comprises Shelby County was quickly claimed by purchasers at the Brookville Government Land Office.
The county was initially divided into four civil townships, but has been further divided into the fourteen present townships.
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