The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows:

HUNTINGTON, a county towards the N. E. part of Indiana, contains 384 square miles. It is drained by the Wabash and Salamonie rivers. The surface is nearly level: the soil is deep and highly productive. Excepting a few small prairies, the county was originally covered with a dense forest of the most useful deciduous trees. The principal productions are wheat, corn, beef, and pork, which are exported by the Wabash and Erie canal. In 1850 this county produced 216,173 bushels of corn; 76,750 of wheat; 27,037 of oats, and 2707 tons of hay. It contained 6 churches, 2 newspaper offices, and 1500 pupils attending public schools. The county is liberally supplied with water-power. Capital, Huntington. Population, 7850.