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Founded in 1820, the area where the city now stands was originally home to the Lenape (Delaware Nation). In 1821, a small settlement on the west fork of the White River at the mouth of Fall Creek became the county seat of Marion County, and the state capital of Indiana, effective January 1, 1825.
Indianapolis proper covers 368 square miles (950 km 2), making it the 18th-most extensive city by land area in the country. Indigenous peoples inhabited the area dating to as early as 10,000 BC. In 1818, the Lenape relinquished their tribal lands in the Treaty of St. Mary's.
Hace 1 día · Indianapolis, city, seat (1822) of Marion county and capital of Indiana, U.S. It lies on the White River at its confluence with Fall Creek, near the centre of the state. The city is built on a level plain surrounded by low, gently sloping hills.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. 19th century. 1800s–1840s. 1816. The U.S. Congress authorizes a state government for Indiana and donates federal land to establish a permanent seat of government for the new state. [1] 1818.
Indianápolis (/ ˌ ɪ n d i ə ˈ n æ p əl ᵻ s /), [2] coloquialmente conocido como Indy, es la capital del estado de Indiana y la Sede del Condado de Marion. Según los cálculos de 2019 de la Oficina del Censo, la población de Indianápolis y del condado de Marion fue de 886 220 habitantes. [3]
TOPICS. Histories of Indianapolis. The historiography of the Hoosier capital begins with a “Historical Sketch of Indianapolis” prepared by Ignatius Brown for A. C. Howard’s Directory, for the City of Indianapolis (1857). In his preface, Howard called Brown’s effort “the only history written of Indianapolis since its settlement” in the early 1820s.
The town was platted in 1821; the original square mile being today bounded by North, East, South, and West streets. The seat of government was moved to Indianapolis in 1824, and the legislature met there for the first time in 1825, although the first capitol building was not erected until 1835.
