|
|
*First created in 1827.
*County seat:
Located in east central Indiana, just one county
(Randolph) away from the Indiana-Ohio border.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Albany, Andersonville,
Anthony, Aultshire, Benadum, Bethel, Cammack, Cowan, Creston,
Cross Roads, Daleville,
Desoto, Drew, Eaton, Gaston, Gates Corner, Granville,
Hyde Park, Irvington,
Janney, Medford, Middletown Park,
Morningside, Mt.
Pleasant, Muncie, New
Burlington, Oakville, Progress, Reed Station,
Royerton, Selma, Sharps, Shideler, Smithfield, Stockport,
Wheeling, Woodland
Park and Yorktown.
Select this LINK to see GENERAL Delaware 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.
Note: The community of
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 = Grant County,
IN N = Blackford
County, IN NE = Jay County, IN
W = Madison
County, IN DELAWARE COUNTY
E = Randolph
County, IN
S = Henry
County, IN
Established in 1827, from Randolph
+ MAPS + TOWNS + TOWNSHIPS + NEIGHBORING
COUNTIES +
+ CHURCHES + CEMETERIES + MUSEUMS and HISTORIC SITES +
+ NEWS & NEWSPAPERS +
+ COMMERCE, TOURISM & ONLINE COMMUNITY +
+ HISTORY & GENEALOGY: Articles & Online Databases
+ BIOGRAPHIES +
+ NATIVE AMERICAN: THE PEOPLE + NATURE
+
+ ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES for Further
Research +
+ COUNTY GOVERNMENT & Vital Records +
+ PROFESSIONAL HISTORICAL GENEALOGY RESEARCH
+
MAPS
[Return to Main Menu]
- Interactive
map of Delaware County,
- 1875 Map of Delaware County, Indiana, from Higgins Belden & Co. ( see citation )
- 1895 Map of Delaware County, Indiana, by Pam Rietsch
- 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.
NATIVE AMERICAN
[Return to Main Menu]
- Native American Links
- History of the Miami and History of the Delaware, by Lee Sultzman
MUSEUMS &
HISTORIC SITES
[Return to Main Menu]
- Delaware County Historical Society
- The Heritage Library
- Hours: 12 noon to 4:00 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.
- Phone: (765) 282-1550.
- Moore-Youse Home Museum
- African-American History
- Ancestor Hunters - Genealogy Interest Group
- Pioneer Cemetery Preservation Committee
CHURCHES
[Return to Main Menu]
- Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce - Community resource
- Local Catholic Church History & Genealogy Research Guide & Worldwide Directory + Indiana* Page.
CEMETERIES
[Return to Main Menu]
·
Indiana
State Library.
o Indiana Cemetery Locator Database
- 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.
- Delaware County, Indiana Gen Web - maintained by Kelly Runyon Bragg.
COMMERCE, TOURISM & ONLINE COMMUNITY
[Return to Main Menu]
- Muncie Visitors Bureau
- Muncie - Delaware County, IN - Chamber of Commerce site
NATURE
[Return to Main Menu]
NEWS & NEWSPAPERS
[Return to Main Menu]
·
Indiana
State Library.
o Newspaper Holdings: Holdings by county
BIOGRAPHIES
[Return to Main Menu]
- Delaware County History and Pioneer Families, online by Ronald Branson of countyhistory.com!
- The Political Graveyard,
for Delaware
County, Indiana, created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum,
a web site about
- George
Washington Cromer (1856, Madison Co., IN -1936, Delaware Co., IN)
- Former Mayor of
- David
Kilgore (1804, in Harrison Co., KY-1879, in Yorktown, Delaware
Co., IN) -
Representative from
- Pendroy
Surname History, by Don Pendroy of
HISTORY <-> GENEALOGY: Articles and Online Databases
[Return to Main Menu]
- Delaware County History and Pioneer Families, online by Ronald Branson of countyhistory.com!
- Delaware County, Indiana Gen Web - maintained by Kelly Runyon Bragg.
- Census for Delaware County, Compiled by Kelly Runyon Bragg
- 1820 Indiana Census Index, by Lori!
- The Doughboy Center - presented by The Great War Society.
- World War II Veterans Online Information Center
·
Indiana
State Library.
o Indiana Cemetery Locator Database
o Index of Indiana Marriages Through 1850.
o Index of Indiana Marriages, 1993 through 2000
o Newspaper Holdings: Holdings by county
o Images of Indiana: 92 Counties // from Adams to Whitley
- Delaware County Historical Society
- The Heritage Library
- Hours: 12 noon to 4:00 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.
- Phone: (765) 282-1550.
- Moore-Youse Home Museum
- African-American History
- Ancestor Hunters - Genealogy Interest Group
- Pioneer Cemetery Preservation Committee
ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES for Further Research
[Return to Main Menu]
- Delaware County Historical Society
- The Heritage Library
- Hours: 12 noon to 4:00 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.
- Phone: (765) 282-1550.
- Moore-Youse Home Museum
- African-American History
- Ancestor Hunters - Genealogy Interest Group
- Pioneer Cemetery Preservation Committee
- Muncie Public Library Carnegie Library (Reference Room)
- Local History and
Genealogy Center
-
- Daleville Community Library
- Delaware County, Indiana
- Delaware County Clerk's Office
- Phone: (765) 747-7726 - E-mail: kdwenger@dcclerk.org
- Marriage
Records Information
[Return to Main Menu]
- Delaware County Health Dept. (For Birth & Death Certificates from ca. 1882)
- Delaware County Clerk's Office - (For Marriage, Divorce and Probate records)
E-mail: kdwenger@dcclerk.org
- Muncie - Delaware County, IN - Chamber of Commerce site
- Muncie Visitors Bureau
- City of Muncie, Indiana with a map of Muncie & Brief History including information about the history of Delaware County.
- Village Profile: Muncie, IN.
- Your Guide to Morningside, by Ervin Davis!
- USGS for Morningside (also called Drew) location.
- USGS for
- USGS for Creston location
map - Creston was located, on the West Fork of the White River, in the
northern metropolitan
- 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.
- Delaware County, Indiana Gen Web - maintained by Kelly Runyon Bragg.
- Delaware County Historical Alliance
- Muncie Public Library Carnegie Library (Reference Room)
- Local History and
Genealogy Center
-
- Daleville Community Library
E-mail: kdwenger@dcclerk.org
- Delaware County Health Dept. (For Birth & Death Certificates from ca. 1882)
- Delaware County Clerk's Office - (For Marriage, Divorce and Probate records)
E-mail: kdwenger@dcclerk.org
Liberty Township communities
include: Hyde Park, Selma,
Mt. Pleasant Township
communities include: Cammack, Reed Station and
Perry Township communities
include: Gates Corner, Medford,
- Old Salem Township History Project - by Gary McManus
Cemeteries include:
Washington Township
communities include: Gaston, Janney, Stockport
and
[
Additional
Research Resources for All Indiana Counties ]
[ Return to Indiana
Local History ]
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
Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002-2008, by Ann Mensch. All Rights Reserved.
Printed resources for this page include:
- School and Library Atlas
of the World. Fred W. Foster, Ph.D. (Editor). Sycamore,
- New
[ Return to Indiana Local History ]