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WABASH COUNTY, Indiana
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*First created in 1832.
*County seat: Wabash.
Located in north central Indiana, with the Wabash River running through the county.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Bolivar, Disko, Eel River, Hartman, Ijamsville, La Fontaine, Lagro, Laketon, Liberty Mills, Lincolnville, Mount Vernon, Newton, North Manchester, Richvalley, Roann, Servia, Somerset, South Haven, Speicherville, Sunneymede, Treaty, Urbana, Valley Brook and Wabash.

Select this LINK to see GENERAL Wabash 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.

Townships in Wabash County
(North = Top)

Surrounding Counties:
NW = Fulton County, IN    N = Kosciusko County, IN    NE = Whitley County, IN
W = Miami County, IN    WABASH COUNTY     E = Huntington County, IN
                                            S = Grant County, IN

• Visit Wabash County, Indiana: Convention and Visitors Bureau

  • FYI: To request brochures, etc.

• countyhistory.com: for Wabash County, by Ronald Branson!

• Native American links

• Wabash Chamber of Commerce.

• Village Profile for Wabash County, Indiana - includes history

• Wabash Area Community Network

• The Wabash and Erie Canal through Huntington, Indiana, by Terry Pepper, is a comprehensive, educational site, which includes the following and MUCH MORE!

  • Antioch to Lagro

  • Lagro (photos of Lagro included)

• Professional Research

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

  • Indiana Cemetery Locator Database

  • Indiana Biography Index

  • Index of Indiana Marriages Through 1850.

  • WWII Servicemen Index

  • Images from the County

  • County Newspaper Holdings (in Indianapolis)

• DNR: Indiana Canoeing Guide : The Wabash River.

• 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.

• Gene Stratton Porter (1863-1924) was born on  August 17, 1863, near Wabash, in Wabash County, Indiana.  In 1886, she married Charles Porter, and lived for a short time in Decatur, then Geneva, near the Limberlost Swamp, in Adams County, Indiana.  In 1913, the family relocated to Sylvan Lake near Rome City, in Noble County, Indiana.  In 1920, they again relocated to California, where she died.

• Wabash County Historical Museum
      36 East Market Street - Wabash, IN 46992  Phone: (260) 563-9070. 

Grand Opening was November 19-20, 2005

• INGenWeb for Wabash County, Indiana Genealogy by Mike Sweeney.

• Wabash County Genealogical Society (information link on GenWeb)    P. O. Box 825 - Wabash, IN 46992.

• Wabash County Profile.

• Wabash Plain Dealer - online news

• Wabash Carnegie Public Library    188 West Hill Street - Wabash, IN 46992-3048  Phone: (260) 563-2972

  • Wabash County History

  • Genealogy

          Wabash Plain Dealer news from 1846 - present.

  •  Wabash County Cemeteries

    Abstracts from Bender Funeral Home, North Manchester, IN.
    Abstracts of Jones Funeral Home and Hoover-Miner Chapel of Wabash, IN and Wire Funeral Home Records, Wabash (1930 - 1959)
    Hunter Funeral Home Records, Lafontaine, IN
    Grandstaff Funeral Home Records, Roann, Indiana--1932-1997.

• Wabash City and County, 1914-1915 Directory and Gazetteer

• The Wabash Plain Dealer Online New
  Contacts to obtain many documents and certified copies:

• Wabash County Health Department (For Birth & Death Records from ca. 1882)    Memorial Hall - Wabash, IN 46992-3184  Phone:  (260) 563-0661.

• Wabash County Courthouse    1 W Hill Street  - Wabash, IN 46992  Phone: (260) 563-0661.

• County Clerk:  (For Marriage, Divorce and Probate Records)    1 W Hill Street - Suite 6-B / Wabash, IN 46992 Phone: (260) 563-0661.
   

• Wabash County Recorder   1 West Hill - Wabash, IN 46992  Phone: (260) 563-0661.

• Wabash County Surveyor (For County Maps)     1 West Hill - Wabash, IN 46992  Phone: (260) 563-0661.

Miami Nation of Indians    

• P.O. Box 41 - Peru, Indiana 46970  Phone: (765) 473-9631.

• The web site was at www.miamiindiansofindiana.org, however, it does not appear to be accessible at this time.

• Annuity Payroll:  June 12, 1895, on the USGenWeb for Miami County

• The MYAAMIA Project, from the Miami Nation and Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

• Indians of Indiana - Guide which includes migration maps, from Ray's History and Guide to Terre Haute

• Information about the Illinois-Miami language.

• Miami History, by Lee Sultzman

• Miami Tribe of Oklahoma

•      Miami Tribal Library

• Indian Nations - Indian Territory, for the Miami Nation, online at the Oklahoma USGenWeb

• Native American Census Enumeration - information about

• The Big Miami Reserve, Article by Historian, Carl Leiter, includes maps - In 1819: "...The largest of these [Miami Indian towns] in north central Indiana was located at the confluence of the Mississinewa and Wabash rivers and was named "Missinewa Town" on the Surveyors' plat of the region. ..."

• Glenn A. Black Laboratory Current Research Publications Menu

• An Introduction to the Prehistory of Indiana, by James H. Kellar, online at the Glenn Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Reproduced with the permission of the Indiana Historical Societies.

• Index of Miami Names, Glenn Black Laboratory of Archaeology and The Trustees of Indiana University

• The Research Experiences of the Miami Nation of Indiana, by Darryl Baldwin, Miami of Indiana---Graduate student in Linguistics at the University of Montana. Coordinator of the Indiana Miami Language and Cultural revitalization program.

• French-Canadian Associations: PRDH, The Comprehensive Site of Quebec French-Canadian Genealogy

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Professional  Research
Ann McRoden Mensch, Professional Historical Genealogist

Researching onsight, 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.

Wabash County Communities

Chester Township communities include: Bolivar, Liberty Mills, North Manchester and Servia.

• North Manchester Chamber of Commerce

• Manchester College- North Manchester, Indiana

• North Manchester Public Library    405 North Market Street; North Manchester, IN 46962  Phone: (260) 982-4773.

• North Manchester Historical Society Newsletters

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  Lagro Township communities include: Lagro and Lincolnville.  The town of Urbana is situated near the Lagro and Paw Paw Townships line, primarily located within Lagro Township.   The community of Speicherville is situated on the Lagro and Noble Townships line.

• Bishop Alerding's, History of St. Patrick's Catholic Church [est. 1838], in Lagro, IN.

• The Wabash and Erie Canal through Huntington, Indiana, by Terry Pepper, is a comprehensive, educational site, which includes the following and MUCH MORE!

  • Antioch to Lagro

  • Lagro (photos of Lagro included)

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  Liberty Township communities include: La Fontaine and Treaty.

• Troyer Memorial Library
         1 East Kendall Street - La Fontaine, IN 46940  Phone: (765) 981-4851.

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  Noble Township communities include: Hartman, Richvalley, South Haven, Sunnymede, Valley Brook and Wabash (the county seat).  The community of Speicherville is situated on the Lagro and Noble Townships line.

• City of Wabash, Indiana

• Visit Wabash County, Indiana: Convention and Visitors Bureau

  • FYI: To request brochures, etc.

• Wabash Chamber of Commerce.

• Village Profile for Wabash County, Indiana - includes history

• Wabash Area Community Network

• Bishop Alerding's, History of St. Bernard's Catholic Church, Wabash.

• Wabash Carnegie Public Library    188 West Hill Street - Wabash, IN 46992-3048  Phone: (260) 563-2972
     Genealogy
     Wabash Plain Dealer news from 1846 - present.
     Wabash County Cemeteries

  Abstracts from Bender Funeral Home, North Manchester, IN.
  Abstracts of Jones Funeral Home and Hoover-Miner Chapel of Wabash, IN and Wire Funeral Home Records, Wabash (1930 - 1959)
  Hunter Funeral Home Records, Lafontaine, IN
  Grandstaff Funeral Home Records, Roann, Indiana--1932-1997.

• The Wabash Plain Dealer Online News.

• Wabash County Historical Museum    36 East Market Street - Wabash, IN 46992  Phone: (260) 563-9070. 

Note (Dec. 2003):  The Museum is in the process of designing a new museum in an existing 100-year-old plus building located in the heart of the historic district. During this phase the hours are limited to 9am to 12pm, Tuesday through Friday. You may call to schedule your research visit with the county historian during these hours. Exhibits are being designed and the archive/research room is still under construction. Please call ahead, as they would like to accommodate as many information requests from researchers, students, and the public as possible.

• Wabash County Genealogical Society (information link on GenWeb)
     P. O. Box 825 - Wabash, IN 46992.

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  Paw Paw Township communities include:  Roann.  The town of Urbana is situated near the Lagro and Paw Paw Townships line, primarily located within Lagro Township.

• Roann-Paw Paw Township Public Library    240 South Chippewa Road - P.O. Box 248 - Roann, IN 46974
     Phone: (765) 833-5231.

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  Pleasant Township communities include:  Disko, Eel River, Ijamsville, Laketon and Newton.    Rose Hill is located at the Lake Township, Kosciusko County, and Pleasant Township, Wabash County line.

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  Waltz Township communities include:  Mt. Vernon and Somerset.

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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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