Williamsport

About Williamsport, Indiana.... 

Williamsport is a small town (in fact, it's the county seat) in Warren County, in West-Central Indiana. The town is located on the Wabash River. According to the 2006 United States census, the population was 1,932 and the town totaled an area of 1 square mile. The town is home to Indiana's highest waterfall, the 90-foot tall Williamsport Falls. Williamsport is also just a few short miles from Fall Creek Gorge, an extremely beautiful nature preserve.

History....

Williamsport was founded in 1828 by William Harrison, whom the town is named for. Harrison himself was the first person to live in the town, building a log cabin near the Wabash River and operating a ferry crossing there for several years. Williamsport was nicknamed "Side-Cut City", because the city constructed a short-cut off canal to draw in shipping. Wiliamsport became the Warren County seat in 1829 and remains so to this day. The post office opened in 1829 and was the first in the county. [|James Franklin Hanly] , Governor of Indiana from 1905-1909, lived and worked here. The governor is buried in the Hillside Cemetery in Williamsport. The town was incorporated in 1854. At the time of incorporation, the population was 552. The WIlliamsport-Washington Township Public Library opened in 1917 as a Carnegie Library. In 2002, the new library opened its doors, but in 2006 this building was severely damaged by fire. The library was rebuilt after the fire and re-opened in late 2007.

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