The area was originally called the Delaware New Purchase until it was divided into Wabash County in the northwest and Delaware County in the southeast on January 2 in 1820. Those counties soon after dissolved and the areas came to be called the “Wabash New Purchase” and “Delaware New Purchase”  which was renamed (again) the “Adams New Purchase” in 1827. Subsequently, 35 counties (including Morgan which was authorized on February 15 in 1822) were carved out of the original area. It was named for Gen. Daniel Morgan, who defeated the British at the Battle of Cowpens in the Revolutionary War. With a total area of 409 square miles and has a population count of 70,116 residents.