William H. Roose, Indiana's Birthplace: A History of Harrison County, Indiana (New Albany, IN: Tribune Company Printers, 1911), p. 68. The original plat of the Town of Mauckport was sworn to on April 17, 1827, and recorded May 7, 1827. The town was laid out on land owned by Frederick Mauck who settled on the site of the present town in 1811.