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BENTON COUNTY, Indiana
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*First created, in 1840, from Jasper county.
*County seat: Fowler
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Ambia, Atkinson, Barce, Boswell, Chase, Dunn, Dunnington, Earl Park, Fargo, Foresman, Fowler, Free, Freeland Park, Gravel Hill, Handy, Lochiel, Otterbein, Oxford, Raub, Sheff, Swanington, Talbot, Templeton and Wadena.
Select this LINK to see GENERAL Benton County information and links.
Select from the TOWN list above to learn which township the community is located in, and view information and links specific to that area.
Select from the TOWNSHIPs Table below to view information and links specific to the township.
Please note:  Though the information on this web page is believed to be correct, the possibility of error remains.  Please notify the webmaster should an error be found.

Surrounding Counties:
                                      NW = JeffersonCounty, IN   NE = Jasper County, IN
W = Iroquois County, IL        BENTON COUNTY     NE = White County, IN
                                                                                  SE = Tippecanoe County, IN
                                                 S = Warren County, IN

·         Indiana State Library.    140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296

o    Online Databases

o    Indiana Cemetery Locator Database

o    Indiana Biography Index (published before 1990)

o    Indiana Biography Index (published since 1990)

o    Index of Indiana Marriages Through 1850.

o    Index of Indiana Marriages, 1993 through 2002

o    Newspaper Holdings: Holdings by county (in Indianapolis)

o    Images of Indiana: 92 Counties // from Adams to Whitley

o    Indiana Public Libraries

o    WWII Servicemen Database

o    Indiana Plat Books

o    Vital Information Exchange (VINE)

·         Use the query form, at USGS, to map features including cemeteries, churches, populated places, and more.  Please note that the map town listed with a feature may be used as a map reference for the site, and may not be the town where the feature is actually located...Select a map to see the location of the actual feature.  This database may not be complete, and, as with any database, there may be errors.

      102 N Van Buren Avenue - Fowler, IN 47944  -  Phone: (765) 884-1720.

   Clerk of Circuit Court: 706 E 5th Street, Room 37 - Fowler, IN 47944
   Phone: (765) 884-0930.

   706 E 5th Street, Room 24 - Fowler, IN 47944,   Phone: (765) 884-1630.
See a description of an Indiana County Recorder's responsibilities from the Indiana Code:
IC 36-2-11, Chapter 11. County Recorder.

  • Benton County Health Department  (For Birth and Death Records from 1882)

   Courthouse - 706 East 5th Street, Suite 15 - Fowler, IN 47944-1556
    Phone: (765) 884-1728.

Benton County Communities

Bolivar Township - Communities include Foresman, Otterbein and Templeton.  Templeton is located on the Oak Grove and Bolivar townships line, and a portion is also within Oak Grove township.

  • Otterbein Public Library

     29 South Main Street - Otterbein, IN 47970  -  Phone: (765) 583-2107.


Center Township - Communities include Atkinson, Barce, Fowler, and Swanington.

      102 N Van Buren Avenue - Fowler, IN 47944  -  Phone: (765) 884-1720.


Gilboa Township -


Grant Township - Communities include Boswell and Chase.

  • Boswell- Grant Township Public Library

  101 West Main Street - Boswell, IN  47921  -  Phone: (765) 869-5428.


Hickory Grove Township - Communities include Ambia, Handy, Talbot, and portions of Dunnington and Dunn, both of which are located on the Hickory Grove and Parish Grove townships line.


Oak Grove Township - Communities include Fargo and Oxford, and a portion of Templeton which is situated on the Oak Grove and Bolivar townships line.

  • Oxford Public Library

    201 E. Smith Street - Oxford, IN 47971
    Phone:  (765) 385-2177   E-mail: oxlib@localline.com


Parish Grove Township - Communities include Free and Freeland Park.  The communities of Dunn and Dunnington are on the township line of Parish Grove and Hickory Grove townships.


Pine Township - 


Richland Township - Communities include Earl Park and Gravel Hill.

    East 5th Street - Earl Park, Indiana
    Phone: (219) 474-6932    E-mail eplib@ffni.com
The St. Anthony's Catholic Church/Dehner Cemetery is located in the northeastern corner of Richland Township.


Union Township - Communities include Lochiel and Wadena.


York Township - Communities include Raub and Sheff.


 

Benton County, Indiana Cemeteries

Blue Ridge Cemetery - Latitude: 404136N;  Longitude: 0873003W

 Boswell Cemetery - Latitude: 403112N;  Longitude: 0872212W

 Dehner Cemetery - Latitude: 404319N;  Longitude: 0872148W

 Earl Park Cemetery - Latitude: 404032N;  Longitude: 0872521W

 Fleming Cemetery - Latitude: 404322N;  Longitude: 0873113W

 Griffin Cemetery - Latitude: 402957N;  Longitude: 0871205W

 Justus Cemetery - Latitude: 403048N;  Longitude: 0871456W

 Oxford Cemetery - Latitude: 403106N;  Longitude: 0871534W

 Perigo Cemetery - Latitude: 403033N;  Longitude: 0872044W

 Saint John Cemetery - Latitude: 404029N;  Longitude: 0872520W

 Smith Cemetery - Latitude: 402855N;  Longitude:  0872132W

 Totheroh Cemetery - Latitude: 403207N;  Longitude:  0873051W
 

Additional Research Resources:

   450 West Ohio Street - Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269
   Phone:  (317) 232-1882,  (800) IHS-1830.

Indiana Historical Society: Membership

   140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296

Professional  Research
Ann McRoden Mensch, Professional Historical Genealogist
Researching on-site, and with the vast resources of The Allen County Public Library, holding one of the largest genealogical collections in North America.

Printed resources for this page include:

  • Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer.  First Edition, Second Printing.  Yarmouth, Maine:  Delorme.  1998.
  • School and Library Atlas of the World.  Fred W. Foster, Ph.D. (Editor).  Sycamore, Illinois:  School and Library Publishing Company.  1982.

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