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Select this LINK to see GENERAL White 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.
 

• Interactive Census Bureau Map of White County
• 1875 Map of White County, Indiana, from Higgins Belden & Co. ( see citation )
• 1895 Map of White County, Indiana, by Pam Rietsch at: prietsch@ismi.net
• 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.

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NATIVE AMERICAN
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• The Miami Nation of Indians of Indiana

• The Miami Language
Miami History  (The Miami lived primarily in the area of northern Indiana.  In the 1650s, the Wea and Piankashaw were driven from the area of Indiana by the Iroquois, however, they gradually returned to Indiana beginning about 1680.)

• History of the Potawatomi (By the 1760s, they expanded into northern Indiana from the northern areas between  Milwaukee and Detroit.)

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MUSEUMS & HISTORIC SITES
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• White County Historical Society and Museum
   
• 101 South Bluff Street  - Monticello, IN 47960 Phone: (219) 583-3998.

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CHURCHES
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• Midwest Prairienet - database of local community content information for the Counties of Jasper, Newton, Benton and White, Indiana.
• Local Churches in White County.
• Local Catholic Church History & Genealogy Research Guide & Worldwide Directory + Indiana*  Page.

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CEMETERIES
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• Indiana State Library.
   140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296
• Indiana Cemetery Locator Database

• USGS: Map locations of White County 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.



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COMMERCE, TOURISM & ONLINE COMMUNITY
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• Midwest Prairienet - database of local community content information for the Counties of Jasper, Newton, Benton and White County, Indiana.
• White County Development - site includes descriptions and photos of many White county locations.
• DCWI.COM - Public Access Internet Provider for North Central Indiana.
• Indiana Beach - 5224 E. Indiana Beach Road - Monticello, IN 47960



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NATURE
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• Tippecanoe River - and the Lower Section of Tippecanoe River (from Springboro and south) - canoeing guide, description, and map.



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NEWS & NEWSPAPERS
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• Indiana State Library:
  
   140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296.
• County Newspaper Holdings (in Indianapolis)

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BIOGRAPHIES
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• countyhistory.com: for White County, by Ronald Branson!
• Benton, Warren, Pulaski, Tippecanoe, White, Jasper and Newton Counties, Indiana, Portrait and Biographical Record, Originally Published, by Lewis Publishing Co., in 1899, online by Ronald Branson.
  

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HISTORY <-> GENEALOGY: Articles and Online Databases
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• countyhistory.com: for White County, by Ronald Branson!
• Benton, Warren, Pulaski, Tippecanoe, White, Jasper and Newton Counties, Indiana, Portrait and Biographical Record, Originally Published, by Lewis Publishing Co., in 1899, online by Ronald Branson.
 
• Midwest Prairienet - database of local community content information for the Counties of Jasper, Newton, Bentonand White, Indiana.
• History of White County, Indiana.
• INGenWeb for White County, hosted by Trudy Johnson (Atntjohnson@aol.com)
• White County Genealogical Society
   101 South Bluff Street - Monticello, IN 47960 Phone: (219) 583-3998.
• White County Historical Society and Museum
   101 South Bluff Street  - Monticello, IN 47960 Phone: (219) 583-3998.
• USGenWeb: White County Indiana Archives
• Monticello-Union Township Public Library.
• 1820 Indiana Census Index, by Lori!
• familysearch.org - 1880 Census Index
• The Doughboy Center - presented by The Great War Society.
• World War II Veterans Online Information Center
• USA Veterans' Administration
• 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)

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ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES for Further Research
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• White County Historical Museum
     101 South Bluff St. - Monticello, IN 47960  Phone: (219) 583-3998.


• White County Genealogical Society
    101 South Bluff St. - Monticello, IN 47960  Phone: (219) 583-3998.


• Monticello-Union Township Public Library
   321 W. Broadway - Monticello, IN 47960  Phone (219) 583-5643
   Fax: (219) 583-2782.


• Wolcott Public Library

   P.O. Box 376 - 101 E. North Street, Wolcott, IN 47995
   Phone: (219) 279-2695.

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COUNTY GOVERNMENT & Vital Records
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Contacts to obtain many documents and certified copies:
• White County Health Department (For Birth & Death Records from ca. 1882)
   P.O. Box 838 - Monticello, IN 47960-0838  Phone: (219) 583-8254.
• White County Courthouse
   110 North Main Street - P.O. Box 260 - Monticello, IN 47960
• White County Circuit Court Clerk  (For Marriage and Divorce Records)
    110 North Main Street - Monticello, IN 47960  Phone: (219) 583-7032.
• White County Recorder
    Courthouse, 110 North Main Street - Monticello, IN 47960  Phone: (219) 583-5912.

Big Creek Township communities include:  Chalmers and Smithson.
• Chalmers Online - Business Directory.



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Cass Township communities include:  Bell Center and Headlee.

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Honey Creek Township communities include:  Reynolds.
• Reynolds Indiana On-Line - Business Directory.



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Jackson Township communities include:  Burnettsville.

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Liberty Township communities include:  Buffalo and Sitka.

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Lincoln Township communities include:  Idaville

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Monon Township communities include:  Lee and Monon.

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Prairie Township communities include:  Badger Grove, Brookston and Springboro.
• Town of Brookston - Online Directory.
• Brookston Indiana Online.
• Brookston-Prairie Township Public Library
   111 W. Second Street - Brookston, IN 47923  Phone: (765) 563-6511
   Fax: (765) 563-6833    E-mail: bptpl@dcwi.com


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Princeton Township communities include:  Seafield and Wolcott.
• Wolcott Public Library
   P.O. Box 376 - 101 E. North Street, Wolcott, IN 47995
   Phone: (219) 279-2695.


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Round Grove Township communities include:  Round Grove.

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Union Township communities include:  Monticello (the county seat), Cedar Point, East Monticello, Golden Hill, Guernsey, Indiana Beach, Lakewood, Norway and Richey Park.
• Indiana Beach - 5224 E. Indiana Beach Road - Monticello, IN 47960
   Beach, Lake, and amusements located on Lake Shafer (see photo of the lake).
• White County Historical Museum
  
     101 South Bluff St. - Monticello, IN 47960  Phone: (219) 583-3998.
• White County Genealogical Society
  
    101 South Bluff St. - Monticello, IN 47960  Phone: (219) 583-3998.
• Monticello-Union Township Public Library
  
   321 W. Broadway - Monticello, IN 47960  Phone (219) 583-5643


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West Point Township communities include:  This is a rural township.

• 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.