About Indiana State

Metes & Bounds

(Statehood: December 11, 1816; 19th State)

In order that the boundaries of the State may be known and established, it is hereby ordained and declared, that the State of Indiana is bounded, on the East, by the meridian line, which forms the western boundary of the State of Ohio; on the South, by the Ohio river, from the mouth of the Great Miami river to the mouth of the Wabash river; on the West, by a line drawn along the middle of the Wabash river, from its mouth to a point where a due north line, drawn from the town of Vincennes, would last touch the northwestern shore of said Wabash river; and, thence, by a due north line, until the same shall intersect an east and west line, drawn through a point ten miles north of the southern extreme of Lake Michigan; on the North, by said east and west line, until the same shall intersect the first mentioned meridian line, which forms the western boundary of the State of Ohio.

Formerly known as the Indiana Territory, Indiana was admitted into the Union as the 19th state on December 11, 1816. Indiana maintains 36,418 square miles of land, of which 550 square miles or 1.5% is water. Neighboring Nation States are Ohio to the East, Kentucky to the South, Illinois to the West, and Michigan to the North.

Indiana contains 92 counties and began assembling on the land in March of 2020 when it joined the American States Assembly to reconstruct the true land and soil country of America.

Dimensions:

• Length: 270mi (435km)
• Width: 140mi (225km)
• Latitude: 37° 46′ N to 41° 46′ N
• Longitude: 84° 47′ W to 88° 6′ W

Website: The Indiana Assembly

Contact: Kristine Michelle Bundy ©: State Coordinator

Email: statecoord@TheIndianaAssembly.org