The Vigo County administrative offices are located at 121 Oak Street, Terre Haute, IN 47807; phone: 812-231-4477.
Vigo County was created in 1818 from part of Sullivan County. It is named for Colonel Francis Vigo [1747-1836] who provided aid as an informant as well as financial assistance to American forces during the Revolutionary War.
Photo: Paul Dresser Birthplace, circa 1850, located at First and Farrington Streets, Terre Haute, IN. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Photographed by User:Nyttend (own work), 2011, [cc-1.0, public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, accessed September, 2021.
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