by

Fred Swift

Hamilton County Reporter

Below is the County Line’s annual quiz to see how knowledgeable readers are on Hamilton County government, history and geography. All the answers have appeared in the Reporter during the past year.

1. Can you name the six public school districts in our county?
2. Who is our current member of the U.S. Congress?
3. Which is the approximate current population of Hamilton County: 100,000, 200,000 or 300,000?
4. What community was the first county seat of Hamilton County?
5. How many cities are currently found in the county?
6. William Conner is considered the first county white settler. What was his American Indian wife’s name?
7. There were once two major railroads running north and south through Hamilton County. Name them.
8. The county had two high school football state champions in 2016. Who were they?
9. The powerful leader of the Indiana Ku Klux Klan was convicted of murder in a nationally publicized trial in Noblesville. Who was he?
10. The County Council is composed of how many members, five, seven or nine?
11. What historic pre-Civil War route operated through Hamilton County?
12. In area, the county is the smallest of 10 Hamilton Counties in the U.S. Is it about 40 square miles, 400 square miles or 4,000 square miles?

Answers:

1. Carmel Clay, Hamilton Heights, Hamilton Southeastern, Noblesville, Sheridan, Westfield-Washington
2. Hon. Susan Brooks, a county resident
3. Estimated at something over 300,000 this year
4. Noblesville was the first and only county seat
5. Four: Noblesville, Westfield, Carmel and Fishers
6. Mekinges, celebrated daughter of a Delaware tribal chief
7. The Monon and the Nickel Plate
8. Westfield in Class 5A and Carmel in Class 6A
9. D.C. Stephenson convicted in 1925 for killing Madge Oberholtzer
10. Seven members: Paul Ayers, Brad Beaver, Fred Glynn, Jeff Hern, Rick McKinney, Amy Massillamany, Steve Schwartz
11. The Underground Railroad for aiding runaway slaves
12. 400 square miles, which is almost a perfect 20 miles square