Mapping and Research for Delaware County, Indiana
Organized January 18, 1827, Delaware County was named in honor of the
Delaware Indian Tribes.
The Delaware Indians were known to themselves as Leni-Lenape (or real
men). When the white man first came, they occupied the entire basin of
the Delaware River, in what is now Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New
York. After the treaty with William Penn in 1862, they were forced to
gradually give up their lands. From 1790 to 1795, they joined the
Confederation. By 1795, this venture became a failure and as a result,
various sections of the tribe split. Some went to the Missouri-Arkansas
area, some went to Texas, and others went to Canada. Today the main
body of the Delaware has been incorporated with the Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma.
Muncie is the County Seat and by 1849 had a population of 800.
The Indian village Munceytown was on the north side of the White River,
opposite the original location of present day Muncie, and is now
completely engulfed by that city. This Indian village was also known as
Outainink, and was the residents of the divisions of the Delaware tribe
of Indians named in association with their chief whose name was Muncey.
Muncie is also the home of Ball State University which is said to house
the world's largest orchid collection.
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