BROWN COUNTY, Indiana
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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.

• 1875 Map of Brown County, Indiana

• 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.

• Brown County Chamber of Commerce

• Our Brown County Magazine - online excerpts.

• Town of Nashville, Indiana (county seat)

• 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

  • Census Indexes Online - 1850 and 1860

• 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!

• Brown County and Nashville, Indiana Visitors Guide.

  • Brown County History

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

  • Indiana Cemetery Locator Database

  • Indiana Biography Index

  • Index of Indiana Marriages Through 1850.

  • Images from the County

  • County Newspaper Holdings (in Indianapolis)

• NARA: National Archives and Records Administration

  • The Genealogy Page.

  • About Census Records

  • 1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm

  • 1930 Census Microfilm Locator

  • The Soundex Indexing System

  • Clues in Census Records, 1790-1840

  • Clues in Census Records, 1850-1930

  • Indian Census Rolls

  • Nonpopulation Census Records

  • Prologue, Spring 1996, Vol. 28, No. 1, "First in the Path of the Firemen" The Fate of the 1890 Population Census, by Kellee Blake.

  • Native American 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.

  • Theodore Clement Steele (1847-1926) - Biographical information about this Indiana artist, with some examples of his work.

• Brown County State Park

• Yellowwood State Forest

• Hoosier National Forest

• Brown County Public Library
      205 Locust Lane - P. O. Box 8 - Nashville, IN  47448 Phone: (812) 988-2850.

• Brown County Government

• 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

• Brown County Government Directory.

Brown County Communities

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.

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Jackson Township is located in northwestern Brown county.
Jackson Township communities include: Beanblossom, Cornelius, Fruitdale, Helmsburg, Needmore, Trevlac and Waycross.

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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.

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Washington Township communities include: Nashville (the county seat), Clarksdale, Gnaw Bone and Mt. Liberty.

• Brown County and Nashville, Indiana Visitors Guide

• Brown County Historical Society and Pioneer Museum

• Brown County Genealogical Society, Inc.

  •  P. O. Box 1202 - Nashville, IN  47448-1202

  • Census Indexes Online - 1850 and 1860

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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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