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BROWN
COUNTY, Indiana
History
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*First created in 1836.
*County seat: Nashville.
*Cities, Towns & Communities
include: Beanblossom, Becks
Grove, Christiansburg, Clarksdale,
Elkinsville, Fruitdale,
Gatesville, Gnaw
Bone, Helmsburg, Mount
Liberty, Nashville, Needmore,
Peoga, Pikes
Peak, Spearsville, Spurgeons
Corner, Stone Head, Story,
Taggart, and Trevlac.
Select from the TOWN list above, or
the TOWNSHIP table below, to go to the
township location, and information and links specific to that
location.
Or Click Here for GENERAL
Brown COUNTY links and information.
Townships in Brown County
(North = Top)
Surrounding Counties:
NW = Morgan
County, IN NE = Johnson
County, IN
W = Monroe
County, IN BROWN COUNTY
E = Bartholomew
County, IN
SW = Monroe
County, IN SE = Jackson
County, IN
USGS: Use the query form 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.
Prehistoric Hunters and Gatherers in Brown County, Indiana, by John M. Williams and Noel D. Justice (Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana University, Bloomington).
Historical Books about Brown County, Indiana - a bibliography.
Our Brown County Magazine - online excerpts.
Brown
County Historical Society and Pioneer Museum
1934 SR 135 N - PO Box 668 - Nashville, IN 47448 Phone:
(812) 988-6089
Pioneer Museum, on Museum Way (at
the Northeast Corner of the Courthouse)
Hours:
Pioneer Museum open May through October on weekends & holidays
from 1-5 p.m.
Dorothy B. Bailey Archive Room and
the Reeve Room 9 to 11 a.m., Tuesdays, or by appt.
Brown County Genealogical Society, Inc.
P. O. Box 1202 - Nashville, IN 47448-1202
Brown County, Indiana: A beautiful place to live, work & visit - by the Brown County Community Foundation, Inc.
Brown County State Park- It's one of the very best!!!
countyhistory.com: for Brown County, by Ronald Branson!
Indiana State Library. 140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296
NARA: National Archives and Records Administration
1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm
Prologue, Spring 1996, Vol. 28, No. 1, "First in the Path of the Firemen" The Fate of the 1890 Population Census, by Kellee Blake.
1820 Indiana Census Index, by Lori!
Social Security Death Index Interactive Search, on Rootsweb
USGenWeb for Brown County, IN Genealogy, by Steve Norman.
The Brown County Democrat - News and Visitors' Guide.
History of the Art Colony in Nashville and Brown County, Indiana
T. C. Steele - State Historic Site.
Theodore Clement Steele (1847-1926) - Biographical information about this Indiana artist, with some examples of his work.
Brown
County Public Library
205
Locust Lane - P. O. Box 8 - Nashville, IN 47448 Phone: (812)
988-2850.
Brown County Health Department (For Birth and Death Records from 1882) P.O. Box 281 - Nashville, IN 47448-0281 Phone: (812) 988-2255.
Brown County Clerk's Office
Court House - Nashville, IN 47448 Phone: (812) 988-5510.
Brown County Circuit Court (For Marriage and Divorce Records) Court House Nashville, IN 47448 Phone: (812) 988-7557
Brown County Recorder
P. O. Box 86 - Nashville, IN 47448 Phone: (812) 988-5462
Hamblen
Township is located in northeastern Brown county.
Hamblen
Township communities include: Gatesville, Spearsville and Taggart.
The community of Peoga is situated on the Hamblen Township, Brown
County and Hensley Township, Morgan County line.
Jackson
Township is located in northwestern Brown county.
Jackson
Township communities include: Beanblossom, Cornelius, Fruitdale,
Helmsburg, Needmore, Trevlac and Waycross.
Van
Buren Township is located in southeastern Brown county.
Van
Buren Township communities include: Becks Grove, Christianburg,
Elkinsville, New Bellsville, Pikes Peak, Spurgeons Corner, Stone
Head and Story.
Washington
Township communities include: Nashville (the county seat),
Clarksdale, Gnaw Bone and Mt. Liberty.
Brown County Historical Society and Pioneer Museum
Brown County Genealogical Society, Inc.
P. O. Box 1202 - Nashville, IN 47448-1202
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PROFESSIONAL HISTORICAL GENEALOGY 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.
New Sectional Township Map of Indiana. Chicago, Illinois : Higgins Belden & Co., 1875.
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