1817 Indiana Map  

On December 11, 1816, Indiana became the 19th state in the Union. This 1817 map by John Melish is the first map made of Indiana after it entered statehood. Enlarged map

and here is anther version that says c1818 - gives more wirtten detail on the Indian territories - It is said it was created only two years after Indiana became a state. It shows the counties that existed in southern Indiana at that time and the Native American tribes that resided in the central and northern parts of the state including the Piankeshaw, Delaware, Miami, Mascouten, Kikapoo, Potawatomi and Shawnee.



Enlarged map

Some southern Indiana counties are absent because they were not formed soon enough to be on this map. These include Crawford County (1818), Floyd County (1819), Martin County (1820), Scott County (1820) and Ohio County (1844). Pike County is also missing which may be an error because it was established in 1816, a full year before Dubois County which is on this map.