REGIONAL FACTS & FIGURES: Demographics
Population - County: 70,529 (2011)
Population – Greenfield: 20,602 (2011)
Median Income: $62,195 (Hancock County)
THE COUNTY OF HANCOCK:
- Named for John Hancock, Harvard College graduate, President of the Continental Congress and the first signer of the Declaration of Independence
- Was organized effective March 1, 1828
- Birthplace of the Hoosier Poet, James Whitcomb Riley
- Birthplace of World War 1 Air Ace, Colonel Weir Cook
- Approximately 20 miles east of Indianapolis
THE CITY OF GREENFIELD:
- Chosen as the Hancock County Seat on April 11, 1828
- Incorporated in 1876
- Comprises 15,903 square kilometers of land area
- Birthplace of Reverend Charles O’Donnell – scholar, writer and statesman who became the 11th President of Notre Dame University