Editing Fountain County, Indiana (section)

==Geography==
[[Image:Map of Fountain County, Indiana.svg|thumb|right|400px|Map of Fountain County, showing townships and settlements]]
[[Image:Mellott, Indiana.png|thumb|center|640px|The town of Mellott]]
Fountain County's northern and western borders are defined by the [[Wabash River]] which flows southwesterly out of [[Tippecanoe County, Indiana|Tippecanoe County]].

According to the [[2010 United States Census]], the county has a total area of {{convert|397.88|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|395.66|sqmi}} (or 99.44%) is land and {{convert|2.22|sqmi}} (or 0.56%) is water.<ref name=DC/> Elevations range from {{convert|770|ft}} above sea level in the northeastern part of the county to {{convert|465|ft}} in the southwest where the Wabash River leaves the county. The county is within the drainage basin of the Wabash River, sloping to the southwest. It is covered with [[loess]] ranging in thickness from a few inches to more than {{convert|7|ft}}. Approximately 84 percent of the county's land is use for agriculture.<ref>{{Cite report |url=http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/Manuscripts/IN045/0/Fountain_IN.pdf |title=Soil Survey of Fountain County IN |last=[[United States Department of Agriculture]]'s Natural Resources Conservation Service |publisher=US Government Printing Office |access-date=February 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009032141/http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/Manuscripts/IN045/0/Fountain_IN.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2010 |format=PDF |url-status=dead |year=2003}}</ref>

The [[Portland Arch Nature Preserve]] and the Miller-Campbell Memorial Tract, a {{convert|435|acre|adj=on}} preserve managed by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, are located adjacent to the Wabash River.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Portland Arch Nature Preserve and the Miller-Campbell Memorial Tract |url=http://www.in.gov/dnr/naturepreserve/files/np-Portland_Arch022609.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111119052841/http://www.in.gov/dnr/naturepreserve/files/np-Portland_Arch022609.pdf |archive-date=November 19, 2011 |access-date=January 2, 2012 |publisher=Indiana Department of Natural Resources}}</ref>

===Adjacent counties===
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* [[Warren County, Indiana|Warren County]] - north
* [[Tippecanoe County, Indiana|Tippecanoe County]] - northeast
* [[Montgomery County, Indiana|Montgomery County]] - east.
* [[Parke County, Indiana|Parke County]] - south
* [[Vermillion County, Indiana|Vermillion County]] - southwest
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===Communities===
====Cities====
* [[Attica, Indiana|Attica]]
* [[Covington, Indiana|Covington]] (county seat)

====Incorporated towns====
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* [[Hillsboro, Indiana|Hillsboro]]
* [[Kingman, Indiana|Kingman]]
* [[Mellott, Indiana|Mellott]]
* [[Newtown, Indiana|Newtown]]
* [[Veedersburg, Indiana|Veedersburg]]
* [[Wallace, Indiana|Wallace]]
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====Unincorporated communities====
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* [[Aylesworth, Indiana|Aylesworth]]
* [[Cates, Indiana|Cates]]
* [[Centennial, Indiana|Centennial]]
* [[Coal Creek, Indiana|Coal Creek]]
* [[Fountain, Indiana|Fountain]]
* [[Harveysburg, Indiana|Harveysburg]]
* [[Riverside, Fountain County, Indiana|Riverside]]
* [[Rob Roy, Indiana|Rob Roy]]
* [[Roberts, Indiana|Roberts]]
* [[Silverwood, Indiana|Silverwood]]
* [[Steam Corner, Indiana|Steam Corner]]
* [[Stone Bluff, Indiana|Stone Bluff]]
* [[Vine, Indiana|Vine]]
* [[Yeddo, Indiana|Yeddo]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=United States Geological Survey |title=Geographic Names Information System: Populated places in Fountain County, Indiana |url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:2:::NO::P1_CLASS,P1_COUNTY,P1_STATE:Populated%20Place,Fountain,Indiana |access-date=February 15, 2010}}</ref>
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====Previous settlements====
* [[Stringtown, Fountain County, Indiana|Stringtown]] - abandoned mining settlement south of Covington

There are several [[coal mine]]s in southwest Fountain County.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Map Showing Surface Coal Mines in Fountain County, Indiana |url=http://coalminemaps.indiana.edu/counties/fountain/fountain_surface_mines_web.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425083232/http://coalminemaps.indiana.edu/counties/fountain/fountain_surface_mines_web.pdf |archive-date=April 25, 2012 |access-date=October 22, 2011 |publisher=Indiana Geological Survey |format=PDF}}</ref>

====Townships====
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* [[Cain Township, Fountain County, Indiana|Cain]] (July 24, 1826)
* [[Davis Township, Fountain County, Indiana|Davis]]
* [[Fulton Township, Fountain County, Indiana|Fulton]]
* [[Jackson Township, Fountain County, Indiana|Jackson]]
* [[Logan Township, Fountain County, Indiana|Logan]]
* [[Millcreek Township, Fountain County, Indiana|Millcreek]]
* [[Richland Township, Fountain County, Indiana|Richland]] (July 24, 1826)
* [[Shawnee Township, Fountain County, Indiana|Shawnee]] (July 24, 1826)
* [[Troy Township, Fountain County, Indiana|Troy]] (July 24, 1826)
* [[Van Buren Township, Fountain County, Indiana|Van Buren]]
* [[Wabash Township, Fountain County, Indiana|Wabash]] (July 24, 1826)<ref>Clifton 1913, p. 59.</ref>
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