Indiana

Indiana, a U.S. State in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 United States. Indianapolis is the capital and largest city of Indiana. On December 11, 1816, Indiana was made the 19th state in the United States. It is bordered on the west by the Wabash River, Illinois, and Lake Michigan to its northwest.

For thousands of years, Indiana was home to many indigenous peoples. Some of these people were expelled by the U.S. between 1800-1836. Indiana was named because it was largely inhabited by native tribes long before the state was granted statehood. Settlement patterns in Indiana reflect the regional cultural segmentation of the Eastern United States. The state’s northernmost region was settled primarily by people from New England, New York, Central Indiana, and Ohio. Southern Indiana was settled by settlers from the Upland South (particularly Kentucky and Tennessee)