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DillsboroThe town of Dillsboro was founded in 1830 and is represented approximately by censustract 806, in the southeastern portion of the county. It has increased in size by nearlyone third in the last ten years. Dillsboro is a rural area with access to services of ametropolitan area.LawrenceburgLawrenceburg is the county seat of Dearborn County. The city represents census tract803. Lawrenceburg was founded in 1801 by a soldier who served under GeorgeWashington. With its location along the Ohio River, Lawrenceburg has had a history offlooding. As a result an earth-embankment levee was constructed in the 1930s.Lawrenceburg received the nickname Whiskey City for its many distilleries including theJoseph E. Seagram & Sons distillery.Moores HillThe incorporated town of Moores Hill was platted in 1839 near the center of the borderbetween Dearborn and Ripley counties. It is home to Carnegie Hall which is on theNational Register of Historic Places. Moores Hill is located in census tract 807, whichcontains the majority of central Dearborn County.St. LeonSt. Leon is found in the north central portion of Dearborn County near its border withFranklin County in census tract 802.01. St. Leon was settled in the early 1800’s andoriginally named St. Joe for the towns church St. Joseph. Its name was later changed toSt. Leon and was incorporated in 1873.West HarrisonThe incorporated town of West Harrison was founded in 1813 on the Whitewater Riverand next to the former Whitewater Canal in northeastern Dearborn County. WestHarrison is located next to Harrison, Ohio on the Indiana and Ohio state borders.Census tract 802.02 contains the town of West Harrison.1.3 SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILEInformation for the socioeconomic profile was gathered from the U.S. Census Bureau,Census 2000. This information was developed for Dearborn County, Indiana only. Thissection includes data and discussions for population, employment, economic andcommuting patterns and trends from Dearborn County.Much of the data illustrated in this section is delineated by census tract. Figure 1-2,shown previously, displays a map of the 2000 census tracks for Dearborn County.Dearborn County Transportation Assessment Page 1-5