Rome, Indiana

Rome was first established as Washington. The name was changed to Franklin before finally settling on Rome in 1819.{{cite book|title=History of Warrick, Spencer, and Perry Counties, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present|url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofwarrick00chic#page/676/mode/2up|date=1885|publisher=Goodspeeds|page=676}} A post office was established at Rome that year, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 2008.[http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt011.cfm?stat_state_name= INDIANA Post Offices by State] From 1819 until 1859, Rome was the second county seat of Perry County, after Troy. The Rome Courthouse was built in 1819 to mimic the first Indiana Capitol in Corydon.Rhodes, Rick (2008). The Ohio River In American History. St.Petersburg: Heron Island Guides.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080604035357/http://www.perrycountyindiana.org/tours/blackroute.cfm Self-Guided Auto Tour - Black Route]}} The small town located in the Hoosier National Forest was the home of former Indiana governor Edgar Whitcomb, during the final years of his life.

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|align=left|1850= 349 |1850n ={{cite book |last1=DeBow |first1=J.D.B. |title=The Seventh Census of the United States: 1850 |date=1853 |publisher=Robert Armstrong |location=Washington |page=1021 |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1850/1850a/1850a-49.pdf#page=7 |access-date=19 May 2021}} The population figure for 1850 is an approximation provided in the appendix of the [https://www.census.gov/library/publications/1853/dec/1850a.html official volume of the Seventh Census].

|1870= 221

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Rome appeared only once in the U.S. Census as a separately-returned community, when in 1870 it had a population of 221. However, in 1850 an estimate published by the Census placed the population at approximately 349 inhabitants, and by 1854 the Census Office further estimated that the population had risen to 600 people.{{cite book |last1=DeBow |first1=J.D.B. |title=Statistical View of the United States |date=1854 |publisher=Beverley Tucker, Senate Printer |location=Washington |page=379 |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1850/1850c/1850c-12.pdf#page=42 |access-date=19 May 2021}}

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• List of cities and towns along the Ohio River

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{{Perry County, Indiana}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Perry County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana

Category:Indiana populated places on the Ohio River

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