Bedford is the principal city of the Bedford, IN Micropolitan Statistical Area, which comprises all of Lawrence County. Bedford was laid out as a town and the county seat of Lawrence County, Indiana, United States around 1825.

Bedford, city, seat of Lawrence county, southern Indiana, U.S., 25 miles (40 km) south of Bloomington. Founded in 1825 as the county seat and named by Joseph Rawlins for his home county of Bedford, Tennessee, it developed with the discovery of oolitic limestone in the 1830s.

“Directory of the City of Bedford, Indiana” compiled and published by E. M. Hardesty and Frank Ellis. Bedford owes its existence to the fact that the first county seat of Lawrence County was unhealthy, so much so, that the inhabitants put in one half the …

929 15th Street Bedford, Indiana 47421 U.S. Explore the Museum gift shop and galleries for interesting and unique items and exhibits. The Lawrence County Museum of History, Edward L. Hutton Research Library, exhibits and collections are dedicated to engage, inspire, educate, entertain and preserve objects of lasting interest for current and ...

Zahn Historic District is a national historic district located at Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana. The district encompasses 66 contributing buildings, 1 contributing structure, and 1 contributing object in a predominantly residential section of Bedford.

Let’s take an historical look at a place we pass every time we are in downtown Bedford—the northwest corner of 15th and I streets. That location was once known as Foote’s corner. Dr. Winthrop A. Foote was Bedford’s first physician, first lawyer and in 1828-29, he built the first frame house on the highest point of the then new town of ...

NOTE: Additional records that apply to Bedford are also found through the Lawrence County and Indiana pages. Parish registers, 1865-1972 (Catholic Church. St. Vincent de Paul (Bedford, Indiana)) FamilySearch Library. Funeral notices, 1856-1901. WorldCat.

Bedford Courthouse Square Historic District is a national historic district located at Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana. The district encompasses 64 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing object in the central business district of Bedford.

Bedford, Indiana, (population 13,768), located in Lawrence County, is known as the Limestone Capitol of the World. Lawrence County was organized in 1818, and early settlers quickly noticed the abundance of limestone.

The history and topography of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford, Adams, Perry, Somerset, Cambria & Indiana counties : containing a brief history of the first settlers, notices of the leading events, incidents and interesting facts, both general and local, in the history of these counties, general & statistical descriptions of all the ...