• Family Game Day Family Game Day Did you miss Family Game Day? Mark your calendar for the next one on February 18th!
  • Indiana Football Hall of Fame Indiana Football Hall of Fame The Hall will be hosting lots of fun activities during the Super Celebration!
  • Cox's Mill Cox's Mill This former mill in Middleboro is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • Tiernan Center, Richmond High School Tiernan Center, Richmond High School Did you know Tiernan Center is the 5th largest gym in the nation?

     

 

Shake Your Family Tree

Quakers from North Carolina, craftsman from Germany, farmers, veterans, financiers, inventors...Wayne County, Indiana's heritage is represented by a wide range of unique people who have left us a fascinating legacy. Explore your heritage!

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Visit Greens Fork

Located on State Road 38, east of Hagerstown, Greens Fork boasts an active set of volunteers who renovated a historical building to house the Clay Township Museum. Each May a town festival remembers a local boy who became a wild west legend, Johnny Ringo.

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Super Celebration Site

Richmond is proud to have been selected as a Indianapolis Super Bowl XLVI Super Celebration Site! While football fans are in town, they won't want to miss the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in Richmond. Be sure to look for their display in the Lucas Oil Stadium!

What's Happening in Wayne County?

Yokefellow Luncheon - Thursday at Noon

Yokefellow meets on Thursdays at First Friends Meeting, 2010 Chester Blvd. in Richmond starting at 12:00 P.M. Cost for lunch is $6.00 or bring a brown bag. The speaker for Thursday, January 26th will be John Sample. For more information, call 765.962.9526.

Contra Dance - Friday, January 27th at 7:00 p.m.

contra1.jpgThe public is invited to the first Contra Dance of the new year at Common Grounds Coffeehouse. Jim Sizelove will be calling the dances. Live music by the 10th Street Regulars. $5.00 admission. Common Grounds Coffeehouse is hosted by West Richmond Friends Meeting, 609 West Main Street, Richmond. For more information, call 765.962.4485.

Winter Farmer's Market - Saturday, January 28th

Winter ProduceThe Urban Enterprise Association is hosting a Winter Farmer's Market at the Innovation Center, 814 East Main Street, Richmond on Saturday, January 28th from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. They will also be offering breakfast and live entertainment. For more inforamtion, call 765.874.1183.

Wayne County Resident Helps "Green" Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis

Faces of Super Bowl XLVIWayne County resident, Penny Ausmus, is an advisor for two teams in the 1st and Green Group Challenge in the K-12 category and serves as an advisor for a 2012 Indianapolis Super Bowl Host Committee Green Corps member. In this video, she talks about her involvment on the committee and her involvment in bringing environmental awareness to her community.

Indiana Artisans Program - 2012 Juried Application Process is now open.

Logo: Indiana ArtisanArea artists and value-added food producers are invited to apply to be considered for inclusion in the the 2012 Indiana Artisans program. Indiana Artisan supports entrepreneurs who create high-quality art, crafts and value-added foods in the Hoosier state. Wayne County is currently home to two Indiana Artisans, Daniel Sims and Nathan and Linda Jones.

Richmond Ranked as One of the Least Expensive Urban Areas to Live!

GroceriesThe ACCRA Cost of Living Index recently ranked Richmond, Indiana as the 7th least expensive urban region in the nation to live. Even more astonishing, Richmond was ranked #1 in the least expensive places to by groceries! Now that's something to mull over and give thanks for while you're standing in line at the grocery store!

Crime Mapping for Richmond, Indiana - What's Happening in Your Neighborhood?

Crime Map for Richmond, IndianaNo need to wonder about the crime, traffic, or fire reports in your Richmond, Indiana neighborhood. The Richmond Police Department and you can track them via this crime map.

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Did You Know?

Hagerstown native, Ralph R. Teetor, respected automotive engineer and former president of Perfect Circle, was the inventor of the "Speed-O-Stat", now known as cruise control.