Vigo, a W. county of Indiana, bordering on Illinois, and drained by the Wabash river; area, 400 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 33,549. The surface is level or undulating and diversified with forests and prairies, and the soil is very fertile. Bituminous coal, limestone, and freestone abound. It is intersected by the Wabash and Erie canal, and by several railroads meeting at Terre Haute. The chief productions in 1870 were 354,132 bushels of wheat, 832,372 of Indian corn, 96,179 of oats, 144,319 of potatoes, 316,076 lbs. of butter, 56,637 of wool, and 13,950 tons of hay. There were 7,206 horses, 4,767 milch cows, 6,688 other cattle, 19,009 sheep, and 23,118 swine. The number of manufactories was 213; capital invested, $1,279,555; value of products, $4,102,154. The chief establishments were 5 for the manufacture of carriages and wagons, 2 of cars, 10 of bricks, 19 of cooperage, 2 of hubs and wagon material, 5 of iron, 4 of machinery, 2 of woollens, 10 flour mills, 1 distillery, 6 breweries, and 16 saw mills.

Capital, Terre Haute.

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Vigo, a seaport town of Spain, in the province and 15 m. S. of the city of Pontevedra, beautifully situated in a fertile region on the S. shore of the bay of Vigo; pop. about 8,000. It has old walls and suburbs, steep streets, extensive lazarettos, a harbor accessible to small craft, and a roadstead sheltered by hills and protected by fortified castles, where the English and French steamers to South America anchor. The annual imports, chiefly grain and oil, amount to about 20,000,000 reals, and the exports, including wine, fish, etc, to 7,000,000. The English, under Sir Francis Drake, repeatedly ravaged the place toward the close of the 16th century. On Oct. 23,1702, the allied English and Dutch squadron destroyed the Spanish galleon fleet and French convoys off Vigo; and the English captured the town in 1719.