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FAYETTE COUNTY, Indiana
*First created in 1819, from Franklin
and Wayne
counties and unorganized land.
*County seat: Connersville.
Located in southeastern Indiana.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Alpine, Alquina,
Bentonville, Bunker Hill, Columbia, Connersville, Everton, Fairview,
Falmouth, Glenwood, Harrisburg,
Huber, Longwood Crossing, Lyonsville, Nulltown, Orange,
Salters, Springersville, Tyner Crossing and Waterloo.
Select this LINK to see GENERAL Fayette
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 = Henry
County, IN NE = Wayne
County, IN
NW = Rush
County, IN FAYETTE COUNTY
E = Union
County, IN
S = Franklin
County, IN
-
Connersville Tourism
with History
of Connersville, IN from 1808.
- Connersville Chamber of
Commerce
- Conner
Prairie Living History Museum
- Connersville News-Examiner - online
news (including obituaries)
-
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.
- Fayette County, Indiana - information
and links
- Index (partial) to 1856 Fayette County
Indiana Land Owners, by James D. Hartzell
- countyhistory.com:
for Fayette
County, by Ronald Branson!
- 1820
Indiana
Census Index, by Lori!
- Indiana State
Library.
140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296
- USGenWeb for Fayette County
Genealogy - hosted by Whitewater Genealogical Association and
Tom and Carolyn Ward.
- Fayette County
Public Library
- Fayette County
Health Department (For Birth & Death Certificates from ca. 1882)
III West 4th Street - Connersville, IN
47331-1901 Phone: (765) 825-4013. - Fayette County
Circuit Court Clerk (For Marriage, Divorce and Probate
records)
P.O. Box 607 - Connersville, IN 47331 Phone: (765)
825-1813. - Fayette County
Courthouse
401 Central Avenue - Connersville, IN 47331 -
Fayette County Recorder:
(For Deeds and Land Records)
401 Central Avenue - Connersville, IN
47331 Phone: (765) 765-3051.
Fayette County Communities
Connersville
Township
- Communities include: Bunker Hill, City of Connersville (the county
seat), Longwood Crossing and Tyner Crossing. A
portion of the
City of Connersville extends into Harrison Township, from Connersville
Township.
828 Grand Avenue -
Connersville, Indiana 47331 Phone: (765) 827-0883
III West 4th Street -
Connersville, IN 47331-1901 Phone: (765) 825-4013.
P.O. Box 607 -
Connersville, IN 47331 Phone: (765)
825-1813.
Columbia Township - Communities
include: Alpine, Columbia and Nulltown.
Fairview Township - Communities
include: Fairview and Salters. The community of Falmouth is
situated on the Fayette
and Rush
county line.
Harrison Township - Communities
include: Harrisburg and Huber. A portion of the City of
Connersville extends into Harrison Township, from Connersville Township.
Cemeteries include:
Thomas Cemetery, in section 3, of Township14 N,
Range 12 E, located on RD 225 W, at 325 N, 1/2 mile north of
Harrisburg.
Jackson Township - Communities
include: Everton.
Jennings Township - Communities
include: Alquina and Lyonsville.
Orange Township - Communities
include: Orange. The communities of Glenwood and Orange are
situated on the
Fayette and Rush
county
line.
Posey Township - Communities
include: Bentonville.
Waterloo Township - Communities
include: Springersville and Waterloo.
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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.
Search the Library's
online catalogue to see some of the printed resources available for
a
location or topic.
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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