How well do you remember these?

The County Line

Our annual quiz to allow the reader to see how well he or she is informed on local news events and history is the subject of today’s column. It’s a little tougher than last year’s quiz, but all the correct answers have appeared in Reporter stories.

Answers can be found below, following the questions.

1. Who was the most recent U.S. president to visit Hamilton County?
2. In what year were both Noblesville and Hamilton County established?
3. A dam on what county waterway created Morse Reservoir?
4. Hamilton County has four mayors. Can you name them?
5. For what is Norman Norell famous?
6. How many incorporated cities and towns are located in Hamilton County?
7. Can you name the nine high schools in Hamilton County?
8. Who is the longest serving elected official in Hamilton County?
9. Hamilton County has among the largest number of Carnegie libraries. Can you name them?
10. How many members of the U.S. Congress have lived in Hamilton County?

Answers to The County Line Quiz

1. Perhaps surprisingly three of the last four presidents have visited the county, but most recently Donald Trump in 2016.
2. The year was 1823. It can be found in large numerals on the monument in the South 10th Street roundabout.
3. Cicero Creek
4. Jim Brainard, Carmel; Scott Fadness, Fishers; John Ditslear, Noblesville and Andy Cook, Westfield.
5. A Noblesville native, Norman Norell was a nationally recognized clothing designer.
6. Eight: Sheridan, Atlanta, Arcadia, Cicero, Westfield, Noblesville, Carmel and Fishers.
7. Noblesville, Guerin Catholic, Fishers, Hamilton Southeastern, Hamilton Heights, Carmel, University, Westfield and Sheridan.
8. County Surveyor Kenton Ward has been in office for 42 years.
9. They are Carmel, Westfield, Noblesville, Sheridan and Atlanta, but only Atlanta, now part of Hamilton North, is operating in its original building.
10. Three, going back to the 1870s. They are James Evans, Richard Roudebush and Susan Brooks.