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*First created in 1836.
*County seat:
*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
(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.
· 1875 Map of Brown County, Indiana
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Prehistoric
Hunters and Gatherers in Brown County, Indiana, by John M.
Williams and Noel D. Justice (Glenn A. Black Laboratory of
Archaeology,
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Brown County Chamber of Commerce
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Brown County Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Tourism
· Our Brown County Magazine - online excerpts.
· Town of Nashville, Indiana (county seat)
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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.
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Census Indexes Online -
1850 and 1860
· USGenWeb Archives for Brown County, Indiana
· countyhistory.com: for Brown County, by Ronald Branson!
· Brown County and Nashville, Indiana Visitors Guide.
o Brown County State Park- It's one of the very best!!!
· Indiana State Library. 140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296
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 Vital Information Exchange (VINE)
· NARA: National Archives and Records Administration
o 1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm
o 1930 Census Microfilm Locator
o Clues in Census Records, 1790-1840
o Clues in Census Records, 1850-1930
o Nonpopulation Census Records
o Prologue, Spring 1996, Vol. 28, No. 1, "First in the Path of the Firemen" The Fate of the 1890 Population Census, by Kellee Blake.
o Immigration Records and Naturalization Records
· 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.
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Theodore
Clement Steele (1847-1926) - Biographical information about this
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Brown
County Public Library
205 Locust Lane -
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Brown County Health Department (For Birth and
Death Records from 1882)
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Brown
Court
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Brown
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Brown
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P. O. Box 86 -
· Brown County Government Directory.
Hamblen Township communities include: Gatesville, Spearsville and
Taggart. The community of Peoga is situated on the
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,
· Brown County and Nashville, Indiana Visitors Guide
·
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.
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o
Census Indexes Online -
1850 and 1860
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Ann McRoden Mensch,
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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:
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School and Library Atlas of the World.
Fred W. Foster, Ph.D. (Editor). Sycamore,
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