# Rome, Indiana

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Not to be confused with [Rome City, Indiana](/source/Rome_City,_Indiana).

**Rome** is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area) along the [Ohio River](/source/Ohio_River) in southeastern [Tobin Township, Perry County](/source/Tobin_Township,_Perry_County,_Indiana), in the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [Indiana](/source/Indiana).[1]

The community lies across the river from [Stephensport, Kentucky](/source/Stephensport,_Kentucky) and just off [Indiana State Road 66](/source/Indiana_State_Road_66) approximately thirteen miles east of [Tell City](/source/Tell_City,_Indiana), the [county seat](/source/County_seat) of Perry County.[2]

## History

Rome was first established as Washington. The name was changed to Franklin before finally settling on Rome in 1819.[3] A post office was established at Rome that year, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 2008.[4] From 1819 until 1859, Rome was the second county seat of Perry County, after [Troy](/source/Troy,_Indiana). The [Rome Courthouse](/source/Old_Perry_County_Courthouse_(Rome,_Indiana)) was built in 1819 to mimic the first Indiana Capitol in [Corydon](/source/Corydon,_Indiana).[5][6] The small town located in the [Hoosier National Forest](/source/Hoosier_National_Forest) was the home of former [Indiana governor](/source/Governor_of_Indiana) [Edgar Whitcomb](/source/Edgar_Whitcomb), during the final years of his life.

## Demographics

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.[7]

## See also

- [List of cities and towns along the Ohio River](/source/List_of_cities_and_towns_along_the_Ohio_River)

## References

1. *Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer*, DeLorme, 3rd ed., 2004, p. 62–63. ISBN 0-89933-319-2.

1. [*History of Warrick, Spencer, and Perry Counties, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present*](https://archive.org/stream/historyofwarrick00chic#page/676/mode/2up). Goodspeeds. 1885. p. 676.

1. [INDIANA Post Offices by State](http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt011.cfm?stat_state_name=)

1. Rhodes, Rick (2008). *The Ohio River In American History*. St.Petersburg: Heron Island Guides.

1. [Self-Guided Auto Tour - Black Route](https://web.archive.org/web/20080604035357/http://www.perrycountyindiana.org/tours/blackroute.cfm)

1. DeBow, J.D.B. (1854). [*Statistical View of the United States*](https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1850/1850c/1850c-12.pdf#page=42). Washington: Beverley Tucker, Senate Printer. p. 379. Retrieved 19 May 2021.

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