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What do you consider the key accomplishment(s) of your county's Bicentennial celebration?
What Legacy Project do you most like to tell people about, and why?
Describe a highlight or most memorable moment related to your county's Bicentennial celebration.
How/where are you preserving information and artifacts related to your county's celebration?
Do you have a website and/or social media presence?
Total number of volunteers who participated.
Estimated total attendance.
Estimated dollar amount raised.
Estimated dollar amount spent.
$16,000
Parke County was formed on January 9, 1821 from a portion of Vigo County. The county was formed by an act approved by the state legislature.
It was named for Captain Benjamin Parke, who commanded a troop of light Dragoons at the Battle of Tippecanoe. Parke was elected as a delegate of Indiana Territory to the U.S. Congress. In 1821, he was appointed as U.S. District Judge for Indiana.
About the courthouse: Thomas and Brentwood Tolan were the architects and the building was completed in 1882.
Historic Parke County has 31 covered bridges and is the Covered Bridge Capital of the world.
County Seat: Rockville
Year Organized: 1821
Square Miles: 444.66