Homefacts City Report. Hinsdale is located in Cook County, IL. The population is 16,594. There are 6 public schools in Hinsdale with an average Homefacts rating of A+. The total crime rate for Hinsdale is very low, and there are 1 registered sex offenders residing in the city.
Governor William Blount served from 1790 to 1796, when Tennessee was known as the Southwest Territory. He was replaced by John Sevier, the state's first governor.
John Tipton was a young soldier in the Battle of Tippecanoe under General Harrison. Tipton advanced to Brigadier General in 1817. He served as Indian Agent in Fort Wayne and in 1828 moved the agency to a new town he platted and named Logansport. He later represented Indiana in Washington, D.C., as a Senator.