The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Indiana:

Indiana

Indiana

Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

– US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States

Midwestern United States

The Midwestern United States is one of the four U.S. geographic regions defined by the United States Census Bureau, providing an official definition of the American Midwest....

 and Great Lakes Region

Great Lakes region (North America)

The Great Lakes region of North America, occasionally known as the Third Coast or the Fresh Coast , includes the eight U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as well as the Canadian province of Ontario...

. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is the smallest state in the continental US west of the Appalachian Mountains

Appalachian Mountains

The Appalachian Mountains #Whether the stressed vowel is or ,#Whether the "ch" is pronounced as a fricative or an affricate , and#Whether the final vowel is the monophthong or the diphthong .), often called the Appalachians, are a system of mountains in eastern North America. The Appalachians...

. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis

Indianapolis

Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...

, the second largest of any state capital and largest state capital east of the Mississippi River.

General reference

• Names
  • Common name: Indiana
    Indiana
    Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
    
    
    • Pronunciation: ɪndiˈænə
  • Official name: State of Indiana
  • Abbreviations and name codes
    • Postal symbol: IN
    • ISO 3166-2 code: US-IN
    • Internet
      Internet
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       second-level domain
      Second-level domain
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      : .in.us
  • Nicknames
    • Crossroads of America (previously used on license plates
      Vehicle registration plates of Indiana
      The U.S. state of Indiana first required its residents to register their motor vehicles and display government-provided license plates in 1913, with the law taking effect on July 1 of that year.-Passenger plates 1970 to present:-New Plate Prefixing:...
      
      )
    • Hoosier
      Hoosier
      Hoosier is the official demonym for a resident of the U.S. state of Indiana. Although residents of most U.S. states typically adopt a derivative of the state name, e.g., "Indianan" or "Indianian", natives of Indiana rarely use these. Indiana adopted the nickname "Hoosier State" more than 150...
      
       State
    • Hospitality State
• Adjectivals
  • Indiana
    Indiana
    Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
    
    
  • Hoosier
    Hoosier
    Hoosier is the official demonym for a resident of the U.S. state of Indiana. Although residents of most U.S. states typically adopt a derivative of the state name, e.g., "Indianan" or "Indianian", natives of Indiana rarely use these. Indiana adopted the nickname "Hoosier State" more than 150...
    
    
• Demonyms
  • Hoosier
    Hoosier
    Hoosier is the official demonym for a resident of the U.S. state of Indiana. Although residents of most U.S. states typically adopt a derivative of the state name, e.g., "Indianan" or "Indianian", natives of Indiana rarely use these. Indiana adopted the nickname "Hoosier State" more than 150...
    
    
  • Indianian
  • Indianan

Geography of Indiana

• Indiana is: a U.S. state
  U.S. state
  A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
  
  , a federal state of the United States of America
• Location
  • Northern hemisphere
    Northern Hemisphere
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  • Western hemisphere
    Western Hemisphere
    The Western Hemisphere or western hemisphere is mainly used as a geographical term for the half of the Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian and east of the Antimeridian , the other half being called the Eastern Hemisphere.In this sense, the western hemisphere consists of the western portions...
    
    
    • Americas
      Americas
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      • North America
        North America
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        • Anglo America
        • Northern America
          Northern America
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          • United States of America
            • Contiguous United States
              Contiguous United States
              The contiguous United States are the 48 U.S. states on the continent of North America that are south of Canada and north of Mexico, plus the District of Columbia....
              
              
              • Central United States
                Central United States
                The Central United States is sometimes conceived as between the Eastern United States and Western United States as part of a three-region model, roughly coincident with the Midwestern United States plus the western and central portions of the Southern United States; the term is also sometimes used...
                
                
                • Corn Belt
                  Corn Belt
                  The Corn Belt is a region of the Midwestern United States where corn has, since the 1850s, been the predominant crop, replacing the native tall grasses. By 1950, 99% of the corn was grown from hybrids. Most corn is fed to livestock, especially hogs and poultry. In recent decades soybeans have...
                  
                  
                • East North Central States
                  East North Central States
                  The East North Central States form one of the nine geographic divisions within the United States which are officially recognized by the United States Census Bureau....
                  
                  
              • Midwestern United States
                Midwestern United States
                The Midwestern United States is one of the four U.S. geographic regions defined by the United States Census Bureau, providing an official definition of the American Midwest....
                
                
          • Great Lakes Region
• Population of Indiana: 6,483,802 (2010 U.S. Census)
• Area of Indiana:
• Atlas of Indiana

Places in Indiana

• Historic places in Indiana
  • National Historic Landmarks in Indiana
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Indiana
    • Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
• National Natural Landmarks in Indiana
• National parks in Indiana
• State parks in Indiana

Environment of Indiana

• Climate of Indiana
• Protected areas in Indiana
  • State forests of Indiana
• Superfund sites in Indiana
• Wildlife of Indiana
  • Fauna of Indiana
    • Birds of Indiana

Natural geographic features of Indiana

• Lakes of Indiana
• Rivers of Indiana

Regions of Indiana

• Central Indiana
• Northern Indiana
  Northern Indiana
  Northern Indiana is the region of Indiana including 26 counties bordering parts of Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio. The area is generally sub-classified into other regions. The northwest is economically and culturally intertwined with Chicago, and is considered part of the Chicago metropolitan area...
  
  
  • Northeastern Indiana
• Southern Indiana
  Southern Indiana
  Southern Indiana, in the United States, consists of the 33 counties located in the southernmost part of the state. The region's history and geography has led to a blend of Northern and Southern culture distinct from the remainder of Indiana. It is often considered to be part of the Upland South...
  
  
  • Southwestern Indiana
    Southwestern Indiana
    Southwestern Indiana is a 11-county region of Indiana located at the southernmost and westernmost part of the state. As of the 2000 census, the region's combined population is 465,338. Evansville, Indiana's third largest city, is the primary hub for the region as well as the primary regional hub...
    
    

Administrative divisions of Indiana

• The 92 counties of the state of Indiana
  • Municipalities in Indiana
    • Cities in Indiana
      • State capital of Indiana: Indianapolis
        Indianapolis
        Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...
        
        
      • City nicknames in Indiana
    • Towns in Indiana
  • Census-designated places in Indiana

Government and politics of Indiana

Main article: Government of Indiana

Government of Indiana

The government of Indiana is established and regulated by the Constitution of Indiana. The state-level government consists of three branches, the judicial branch, the legislative branch, and the executive branch. The three branches balance share power and jointly govern the state of Indiana...

 and Politics of Indiana

• Form of government
  Form of government
  A form of government, or form of state governance, refers to the set of political institutions by which a government of a state is organized. Synonyms include "regime type" and "system of government".-Empirical and conceptual problems:...
  
  : U.S. state government
  State governments of the United States
  State governments in the United States are those republics formed by citizens in the jurisdiction thereof as provided by the United States Constitution; with the original 13 States forming the first Articles of Confederation, and later the aforementioned Constitution. Within the U.S...
  
  
• United States congressional delegations from Indiana
  United States Congressional Delegations from Indiana
  Since its statehood in 1816, the U.S. state of Indiana has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Each state elects two Senators statewide to serve for six years, and their elections are staggered to be held in two of every three...
  
  
• Indiana State Capitol

• Elections in Indiana
  Elections in Indiana
  -Elections by year:2010*Indiana elections, 20102008March 11:*Indiana's 7th congressional district special election, 2008May 6:*Indiana Democratic primary, 2008* Indiana Republican primary, 2008November 4:*Indiana gubernatorial election, 2008...
  
  
  • Electoral reform in Indiana
    Electoral reform in Indiana
    Electoral reform in Indiana refers to efforts to change the voting laws in the Hoosier state. The Secretary of State of Indiana is the official in charge of overseeing state elections in Indiana.-External links:*...
    
    
• Political party strength in Indiana
  Political party strength in Indiana
  The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Indiana:*Governor*Lieutenant Governor*Attorney General*Secretary of State*Treasurer*Auditor*Superintendent of Public Instruction...
  
  

Executive branch of the government of Indiana

• Governor of Indiana
  Governor of Indiana
  The Governor of Indiana is the chief executive of the state of Indiana. The governor is elected to a four-year term, and responsible for overseeing the day-to-day management of the functions of many agencies of the Indiana state government. The governor also shares power with other statewide...
  
  
  • Previous Governors
  • Lieutenant Governor of Indiana
    Lieutenant Governor of Indiana
    The Lieutenant Governor of Indiana is a constitutional office in the US State of Indiana. Republican Becky Skillman, whose term expires in January 2013, is the incumbent...
    
    
  • Secretary of State of Indiana
    Secretary of State of Indiana
    The Secretary of State of the U.S. state of Indiana is one of five constitutional officers originally designated in Indiana's State Constitution of 1816. Since 1851 it has been an elected position. The Secretary of State has authority of several state departments, and is considered to be the...
    
    
  • Indiana State Treasurer
    Indiana State Treasurer
    The Indiana Treasurer of State is a constitutional and elected office in the executive branch of the government of Indiana. The treasurer is responsible for managing the finances of the U.S. state of Indiana. The position was filled by appointment from 1816 until the adoption of the new...
    
    
  • Indiana Attorney General
    Indiana Attorney General
    The Indiana Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the State of Indiana in the United States. Attorneys General are chosen by a statewide general election to serve for a four-year term...
    
    
  • Indiana State Auditor
    Indiana State Auditor
    The Indiana State Auditor is an elected office in the U.S. State of Indiana.The annual salary of the auditor of Indiana is $66,000.-List of auditors:-Territorial Auditors:-State Auditors:...
    
    
  • Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction
    Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction
    The Superintendent of Public Instruction is an elected office in the state government of Indiana. The official is an elected member of the executive branch of government and work with the state Board of Education as head of the Indiana Department of Education to oversee certain areas of public...
    
    
• State departments
  • Indiana Department of Administration
    Indiana Department of Administration
    The Indiana Department of Administration, or IDOA, is a department level agency of the government of Indiana. The department is managed by the Commissioner of the Department of Administration, who is appointed by the governor of Indiana...
    
    
  • Indiana Department of Education
    Indiana Department of Education
    The Indiana Department of Education oversees primary and secondary education in the U.S. state of Indiana. The department is managed by the Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction, an elected office currently held by Dr. Tony Bennett...
    
    
  • Indiana State Department of Health
  • Indiana Department of Natural Resources
    Indiana Department of Natural Resources
    The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is the agency of the U.S. state of Indiana charged with maintaining natural areas such as state parks, state forests, recreation areas, etc...
    
    
  • Indiana State Police
    Indiana State Police
    The Indiana State Police is the statewide law enforcement agency for the state of Indiana. Indiana was the 12th state to offer protection to its citizens with a state police force.-History:...
    
    
  • Indiana Department of Transportation
    Indiana Department of Transportation
    The Indiana Department of Transportation is a governmental agency of the U.S. state of Indiana charged with maintaining and regulating transportation and transportation related infrastructure such as state owned airports, state highways and state owned canals or railroads.-Districts:INDOT is...
    
    

Legislative branch of the government of Indiana

• Indiana General Assembly
  Indiana General Assembly
  The Indiana General Assembly is the state legislature, or legislative branch, of the state of Indiana. It is a bicameral legislature that consists of a lower house, the Indiana House of Representatives, and an upper house, the Indiana Senate...
  
   (bicameral)
  • Upper house
    Upper house
    An upper house, often called a senate, is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house; a legislature composed of only one house is described as unicameral.- Possible specific characteristics :...
    
    : Indiana Senate
    Indiana Senate
    The Indiana Senate is the upper house of the Indiana General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Indiana. The Senate is composed of 50 members representing an equal number of constituent districts. Senators serve four-year terms without term limits...
    
    
  • Lower house
    Lower house
    A lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide the lower house has come to wield more power...
    
    : Indiana House of Representatives
    Indiana House of Representatives
    The Indiana House of Representatives is the lower house of the Indiana General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Indiana. The House is composed of 100 members representing an equal number of constituent districts. House members serve two-year terms without term limits...
    
    
    • Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives
      Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives
      The Speaker of the Indiana State House of Representatives is the highest official in the Indiana House of Representatives, customarily elected from the ranks of the majority party. As in most Anglosphere countries and provinces, the speaker presides over the lower house of the legislature.The...
      
      

Judicial branch of the government of Indiana

• Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission
  Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission
  The Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission, which also serves as the Indiana Judicial Qualifications Commission, is a seven member panel chosen by the Indiana Bar Association and the Governor of Indiana to select judges to serve on the Indiana Circuit Court, Indiana Court of Appeals, and the...
  
  
• Supreme Court of Indiana
  • Indiana Court of Appeals
    Indiana Court of Appeals
    The Indiana Court of Appeals is the intermediate-level appellate court for the state of Indiana. It is the successor to the Indiana Appellate Court.-History:...
    
    
    • Indiana Circuit Courts

Law and order in Indiana

• Indiana Code
  Indiana Code
  The Indiana Code is the code of laws for the US State of Indiana. The contents are the codification of the all the laws currently in effect within Indiana...
  
  
• Capital punishment in Indiana
  • Individuals executed in Indiana
• Constitution of Indiana
  Constitution of Indiana
  There have been two Constitutions of the State of Indiana. The first constitution was created when the Territory of Indiana sent forty-three delegates to a constitutional convention on June 10, 1816 to establish a constitution for the proposed State of Indiana after the United States Congress had...
  
  
• Crime in Indiana
  Crime in Indiana
  -Statistics:In 2008 there were 223,994 crimes reported in Indiana including 327 murders a full list can be found -External links:*...
  
  
• Gun laws in Indiana
• Indiana Day
  Indiana Day
  Indiana Day is an annual observation in the US state of Indiana first instituted in 1925. The Indiana Code directs the governor to issue an annual proclamation to observe December 11 as the day statehood was granted to Indiana by the United States Congress and the state's admission to the Union...
  
  
• Law enforcement in Indiana
  • Law enforcement agencies in Indiana
    • Indiana State Police
      Indiana State Police
      The Indiana State Police is the statewide law enforcement agency for the state of Indiana. Indiana was the 12th state to offer protection to its citizens with a state police force.-History:...
      
      
• Same-sex marriage in Indiana

Local government in Indiana

• County government
• City government
• Town government
  • Indiana Township Trustee

By period

• Indigenous peoples
  • • Evidence of human activity date as early 8000 BC.
  • Hopewell Culture
    Hopewell
    -USA:*Hopewell, Alabama *Hopewell, Arkansas *Hopewell, California*Hopewell, Connecticut *Hopewell, Florida...
    
     developed agriculture and begins Indiana's first permanent settlements. 200 BC-400 AD
  • Mississippian Culture
    Mississippian culture
    The Mississippian culture was a mound-building Native American culture that flourished in what is now the Midwestern, Eastern, and Southeastern United States from approximately 800 CE to 1500 CE, varying regionally....
    
     supersedes the Hopewells, who disappeared for unknown reasons, 900
    • Mississippians build Angel Mounds
      Angel Mounds
      Angel Mounds State Historic Site is located on the Ohio River in Vanderburgh and Warrick Counties eight miles southeast of Evansville and just upriver of the confluence of the Green and Ohio rivers. Administered by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Indiana State Museums...
      
      , 1000.
  • Beaver Wars begin between the Iroquois Confederacy and the Algonquian
    Algonquian peoples
    The Algonquian are one of the most populous and widespread North American native language groups, with tribes originally numbering in the hundreds. Today hundreds of thousands of individuals identify with various Algonquian peoples...
    
     Confederacy depopulates much of Indiana. c.1580 - 1701
    • French fur traders enter Indiana and establish Tassinong, the first European outpost in Indiana, 1673
  • Sieur de La Salle
    René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
    René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, or Robert de LaSalle was a French explorer. He explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, the Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico...
    
     explores much of Indiana for the first time, claiming it for Louis XIV of France
    Louis XIV of France
    Louis XIV , known as Louis the Great or the Sun King , was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre. His reign, from 1643 to his death in 1715, began at the age of four and lasted seventy-two years, three months, and eighteen days...
    
    , 1679
    • Algonquian tribes
      Algonquian peoples
      The Algonquian are one of the most populous and widespread North American native language groups, with tribes originally numbering in the hundreds. Today hundreds of thousands of individuals identify with various Algonquian peoples...
      
       (including Miami, Wea
      Wea
      The Wea were a Miami-Illinois-speaking tribe originally located in western Indiana, closely related to the Miami. The name Wea is used today as the a shortened version of their many recorded names...
      
      , Shawnee
      Shawnee
      The Shawnee, Shaawanwaki, Shaawanooki and Shaawanowi lenaweeki, are an Algonquian-speaking people native to North America. Historically they inhabited the areas of Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Western Maryland, Kentucky, Indiana, and Pennsylvania...
      
      , Pottawatomie) return to Indiana. 1680-1700
  • Indiana is part of the French
    France
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     colony of Louisiane
    Louisiana (New France)
    Louisiana or French Louisiana was an administrative district of New France. Under French control from 1682–1763 and 1800–03, the area was named in honor of Louis XIV, by French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle...
    
    , 1699–1763
  • Vincennes
    Vincennes, Indiana
    Vincennes is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Indiana, United States. It is located on the Wabash River in the southwestern part of the state. The population was 18,701 at the 2000 census...
    
      is founded, 1732
• French and Indian War
  French and Indian War
  The French and Indian War is the common American name for the war between Great Britain and France in North America from 1754 to 1763. In 1756, the war erupted into the world-wide conflict known as the Seven Years' War and thus came to be regarded as the North American theater of that war...
  
   breaks out, British capture the French outposts in Indiana, 1760–1761
  • Pontiac's Rebellion
    Pontiac's Rebellion
    Pontiac's War, Pontiac's Conspiracy, or Pontiac's Rebellion was a war that was launched in 1763 by a loose confederation of elements of Native American tribes primarily from the Great Lakes region, the Illinois Country, and Ohio Country who were dissatisfied with British postwar policies in the...
    
     spreads to Indiana, 1763.
    • The Treaty of Paris of 1763
      Treaty of Paris (1763)
      The Treaty of Paris, often called the Peace of Paris, or the Treaty of 1763, was signed on 10 February 1763, by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement. It ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War...
      
       grants Indiana to the United Kingdom
      United Kingdom
      The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
      
      
  • Indiana becomes part of the British
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
    
     (Francophone
    Francophone
    The adjective francophone means French-speaking, typically as primary language, whether referring to individuals, groups, or places. Often, the word is used as a noun to describe a natively French-speaking person....
    
    ) Province of Quebec, 1763–1783
    • Indiana is part of protected native lands
      Royal Proclamation of 1763
      The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War...
      
      , and closed to settlement. 1769-1773
• American Revolutionary War
  American Revolutionary War
  The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...
  
  , April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783
  • United States Declaration of Independence
    United States Declaration of Independence
    The Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. John Adams put forth a...
    
    , July 4, 1776
  • George Rogers Clark
    George Rogers Clark
    George Rogers Clark was a soldier from Virginia and the highest ranking American military officer on the northwestern frontier during the American Revolutionary War. He served as leader of the Kentucky militia throughout much of the war...
    
     invades Indiana capturing key British holdings in the Illinois Campaign. 1778-1783
  • Treaty of Paris
    Treaty of Paris (1783)
    The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on the one hand and the United States of America and its allies on the other. The other combatant nations, France, Spain and the Dutch Republic had separate agreements; for details of...
    
    , September 3, 1783
  • Unorganized territory of the United States
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
    
    , 1783–1787
  • Virginia
    Virginia
    The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
    
     gives Indiana to the United States Government, 1784.
  • Northwest Indian War
    Northwest Indian War
    The Northwest Indian War , also known as Little Turtle's War and by various other names, was a war fought between the United States and a confederation of numerous American Indian tribes for control of the Northwest Territory...
    
    , 1785–1795
• Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, (1787–1800)-1803
  • Treaty of Greenville
    Treaty of Greenville
    The Treaty of Greenville was signed at Fort Greenville , on August 3, 1795, between a coalition of Native Americans & Frontiers men, known as the Western Confederacy, and the United States following the Native American loss at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. It put an end to the Northwest Indian War...
    
     signed, opening part of Indiana for settlement for the first time by Americans, 1795
• Territory of Indiana, 1800–1816
  • Treaty of Fort Wayne is signed, opening up much of southern Indiana to settlement, 1809.
  • Administration of the District of Louisiana
    District of Louisiana
    The District of Louisiana, or Louisiana District, was an official, temporary, United States government designation for the portion of the Louisiana Purchase that had not been organized into the Orleans Territory. It officially existed from March 10, 1804 until July 4, 1805, when it was incorporated...
    
    , 1804–1805
  • Slavery in Indiana
    History of slavery in Indiana
    Slavery in Indiana occurred between the time of French rule during late seventeenth century and 1826, with a few traces of slavery afterward. When the United States first took control of the region, slavery was tolerated as a necessity to keep peace with the Indians and the French...
    
     becomes a major issue, 1805.
  • Tecumseh's War
    Tecumseh's War
    Tecumseh's War or Tecumseh's Rebellion are terms sometimes used to describe a conflict in the Old Northwest between the United States and an American Indian confederacy led by the Shawnee leader Tecumseh...
    
    , 1811–1812
  • Indiana in the War of 1812
    Indiana in the War of 1812
    During the War of 1812, Indiana Territory was home to several conflicts between the United States territorial government and partisan Native American forces backed by the British in Canada. The Battle of Tippecanoe, which had occurred just months before the war began, was one of the catalysts that...
    
    , June 18, 1812 – March 23, 1815
    • Tecumseh's War
      Tecumseh's War
      Tecumseh's War or Tecumseh's Rebellion are terms sometimes used to describe a conflict in the Old Northwest between the United States and an American Indian confederacy led by the Shawnee leader Tecumseh...
      
       merges with the War of 1812
      War of 1812
      The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States of America and those of the British Empire. The Americans declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions because of Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American merchant...
      
      
    • Treaty of Ghent
      Treaty of Ghent
      The Treaty of Ghent , signed on 24 December 1814, in Ghent , was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
      
      , December 24, 1814
• State of Indiana becomes 19th state admitted to the United States of America on December 11, 1816
  • Treaty of St. Mary's
    Treaty of St. Mary's
    The Treaty of St. Mary's was signed on October 6, 1818 at Saint Mary's, Ohio between representatives of the United States and the Miami tribe and others living in their territory. The accord contained seven articles. Based on the terms of the accord, the Miami ceded to the United States...
    
     is signed, opening most of central Indiana for settlement, 1819
  • Bank of Indiana
    Bank of Indiana
    The state Bank of Indiana was a government chartered banking institution established in 1833 in response to the state's shortage of capital caused by the closure of the Second Bank of the United States by the administration of President Andrew Jackson...
    
     created, 1832
  • Indiana verges on bankruptcy
    Indiana Mammoth Internal Improvement Act
    The Indiana Mammoth Internal Improvement Act was a bipartisan law passed by the Indiana General Assembly and signed by Whig Governor Noah Noble in 1836 that greatly expanded the state's program of internal improvements. It added an additional $10 million to spending and funded several projects,...
    
    , almost all of the state's public works are liquidated by the creditors, 1841
    • Most of the native tribes are removed from Indiana, 1838-1846.
  • Treaty of the Wabash signed, opening most of northern Indiana to settlement, 1840
  • William Henry Harrison
    William Henry Harrison
    William Henry Harrison was the ninth President of the United States , an American military officer and politician, and the first president to die in office. He was 68 years, 23 days old when elected, the oldest president elected until Ronald Reagan in 1980, and last President to be born before the...
    
     becomes ninth President of the United States
    President of the United States
    The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
    
     on March 4, 1841
  • Mexican-American War, April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848
    • Indiana's population exceeds 1 million, 1850
    • Indiana adopted a new constitution
      Constitution of Indiana
      There have been two Constitutions of the State of Indiana. The first constitution was created when the Territory of Indiana sent forty-three delegates to a constitutional convention on June 10, 1816 to establish a constitution for the proposed State of Indiana after the United States Congress had...
      
      , 1851
  • Abraham Lincoln
    Abraham Lincoln
    Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...
    
     becomes 16th President of the United States
    President of the United States
    The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
    
     on March 4, 1861
  • American Civil War
    American Civil War
    The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
    
    , April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865
    • Indiana in the American Civil War
      Indiana in the American Civil War
      Indiana, a state in the Midwestern United States, played an important role during the American Civil War. Despite significant anti-war activity in the state and southern Indiana's ancestral ties to the Southern United States, it did not secede from the Union...
      
      
      • Morgan's Raid
        Morgan's Raid
        Morgan's Raid was a highly publicized incursion by Confederate cavalry into the Northern states of Indiana and Ohio during the American Civil War. The raid took place from June 11–July 26, 1863, and is named for the commander of the Confederates, Brig. Gen...
        
        , June 11 – July 26, 1863
        • Battle of Corydon
          Battle of Corydon
          The Battle of Corydon was a minor engagement that took place July 9, 1863, just south of Corydon, which had been the original capital of Indiana until 1825, and was the county seat of Harrison County. The attack occurred during Morgan's Raid in the American Civil War as a force of 2,500 cavalry...
          
          , July 9, 1863
    • Natural gas is discovered near Eaton, Indiana
      Eaton, Indiana
      Eaton is a town in Union Township, Delaware County, Indiana, along the Mississinewa River. The population was 1,805 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Muncie, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
      
      , 1876
  • Indiana Gas Boom
    Indiana Gas Boom
    The Indiana Gas Boom was a period of active drilling and production of natural gas in the Trenton Gas Field, in the US state of Indiana and the adjacent northwest part of Ohio The boom began in the early 1880s and lasted into the early twentieth century....
    
     begins, 1884
    • • Natural gas supplies run low, ended the boom, 1905
  • Benjamin Harrison
    Benjamin Harrison
    Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President of the United States . Harrison, a grandson of President William Henry Harrison, was born in North Bend, Ohio, and moved to Indianapolis, Indiana at age 21, eventually becoming a prominent politician there...
    
     becomes 23rd President of the United States
    President of the United States
    The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
    
     on March 4, 1889
  • Vietnam War
    Vietnam War
    The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
    
    , September 26, 1959 – April 30, 1975
    • Indiana adopts a series of constitutional amendments that alter the makeup of the government, 1970–1971

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  • History of Fort Wayne, Indiana
    • Forts of Fort Wayne, Indiana
      Forts of Fort Wayne, Indiana
      Fort Wayne in modern Fort Wayne, Indiana, was established by Captain Jean François Hamtramck under orders from General "Mad" Anthony Wayne as part of the campaign against the Indians of the area. It was named after General Wayne, who was victorious at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. Wayne may have...
      
      
  • History of Hartford City, Indiana
    History of Hartford City, Indiana
    Hartford City, Indiana, began in the late 1830s as a few log cabins clustered near a creek. The community became the county seat of Blackford County. Located in the north east-central portion of the state, the small farming community experienced a 15-year "boom" beginning in the late 1880s caused...
    
    
  • History of Indianapolis

By subject

• History of slavery in Indiana
  History of slavery in Indiana
  Slavery in Indiana occurred between the time of French rule during late seventeenth century and 1826, with a few traces of slavery afterward. When the United States first took control of the region, slavery was tolerated as a necessity to keep peace with the Indians and the French...
  
  
• History of sports in Indiana
  • History of sports in Fort Wayne, Indiana
    History of sports in Fort Wayne, Indiana
    Fort Wayne, Indiana is currently home to seven minor league sports franchises. These include the Fort Wayne Fever of soccer's Premier Development League, the Fort Wayne Flash of the Women's Football Alliance, the Fort Wayne Firehawks of the Continental Indoor Football League, the Fort Wayne Komets...
    
    

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Culture of Indiana

Culture of Indiana

• Cuisine of Indiana
• Museums in Indiana
• Religion in Indiana
  • Episcopal Diocese of Indiana
• Scouting in Indiana
  Scouting in Indiana
  Scouting in Indiana has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment in which they live.-Early history :...
  
  
• State symbols of Indiana
  • Flag of the state of Indiana  
  • Great Seal of the State of Indiana 

Economy and infrastructure of Indiana

• Communications in Indiana
  • Newspapers in Indiana
  • Radio stations in Indiana
  • Television stations in Indiana
• Energy in Indiana
  • List of power stations in Indiana
  • Wind power in Indiana
    Wind power in Indiana
    Wind power in Indiana was limited to a few small water-pumping windmills on farms until 2008 with construction of Indiana's first utility-scale wind power facility, Goodland with a nameplate capacity of 130 MW. In 2009, three more wind farms opened: Fowler Ridge , Meadow Lake , and Hoosier...
    
    
• Health care in Indiana
  • Hospitals in Indiana
• Transportation in Indiana
  • Airports in Indiana
  • Roads in Indiana
    • Interstate Highways in Indiana

Education in Indiana

• Schools in Indiana
  • School districts in Indiana
    • High schools in Indiana
  • Colleges and universities in Indiana
    • University of Indiana
    • Indiana State University
      Indiana State University
      Indiana State University is a public university located in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States.The Princeton Review has named Indiana State as one of the "Best in the Midwest" seven years running, and the College of Education's Graduate Program was recently named as a 'Top 100' by U.S...
      
      

See also

• Outline of geography
  Outline of geography
  The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to geography:Geography – science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth.- Geography is :...
  
  
  • Outline of North America
    • Outline of the United States
• Index of Indiana-related articles

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