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Evansville, the county seat of Vanderburgh County in southwestern Indiana, is the third-most populous city in the state with 118,414 residents as of the 2020 census and serves as the central hub for a tri-state metropolitan area exceeding 911,000 people. Founded in 1812 by Hugh McGary Jr. and incorporated in 1817, the city is situated on a meander of the Ohio River and earned the nicknames "Crescent Valley" and "River City" from early French explorers who called the river La Belle Rivière. The area has been continuously inhabited for over 10,000 years, including the Mississippian culture settlement at Angel Mounds from approximately AD 1000 to 1400, followed by Miami, Shawnee, and other tribes before European colonization. Evansville's economy is anchored by trade, transportation, utilities, professional services, healthcare, and manufacturing, hosting two NYSE-listed companies (Berry Global and OneMain Financial) and three NASDAQ-traded companies (Escalade, Old National Bank, and Shoe Carnival). The city is known for Bally's Evansville, Indiana's first casino; Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden, one of the state's largest; and educational institutions including the University of Evansville, University of Southern Indiana, and an Indiana University School of Medicine campus. Bloomington is the county seat of Monroe County in south-central Indiana, with a population of 79,168 at the 2020 census, making it Indiana's seventh-largest city and the fourth-largest outside the Indianapolis metropolitan area. Founded in 1818 by settlers from Kentucky, Tennessee, the Carolinas, and Virginia who named it for its abundant blooms, the city was platted that same year, established a post office in 1825, and incorporated in 1827. Bloomington is home to Indiana University Bloomington, the flagship campus of the Indiana University system founded in 1820, which enrolls over 45,000 students and anchors the broader Bloomington metropolitan area of 161,039 residents. The city has been designated a Tree City USA since 1984 and features numerous National Register of Historic Places listings, including the Monroe County Courthouse, Bloomington City Hall, and historic districts spanning multiple architectural periods. Bloomington gained national recognition as the filming location for the 1979 Academy Award-winning film Breaking Away, which featured Indiana University's annual Little 500 bicycle race. Terre Haute is the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, located approximately 5 miles east of the Illinois border along the Wabash River, with a 2020 population of 58,389 and a metropolitan area population of 168,716. Known as the Queen City of the Wabash, the city's name derives from the French phrase "terre haute" meaning "highland," named by French-Canadian explorers in the early 18th century, with European settlement beginning after Fort Harrison's construction in 1811 and incorporation occurring in 1832. Terre Haute developed as a major transportation and industrial hub through the Wabash River, National Road (US 40), and Wabash and Erie Canal, with its economy historically centered on iron and steel mills, coal mining, and agricultural processing, while also becoming known for arts and entertainment with grand opera houses and vaudeville circuit stops. The city is home to significant higher education institutions including Indiana State University and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, as well as the United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute, which contains the federal execution chamber and primary federal death row for men. On March 23, 1913, a devastating tornado struck the city, destroying over 300 homes, killing 21 people, and causing $1-2 million in damage, making it Indiana's deadliest tornado at that time.