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CARROLL COUNTY, Indiana
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*First created in 1828.
Carroll County Namesake:  Charles Carroll (1737-1832) "...the only Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence in 1776..." 
*Carroll County seat: Delphi.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include:  Adams Mill, Bringhurst, Burlington, Burrows, Camden, Carrollton, Cutler, Deer Creek, Delphi, Flax, Flora, Harley, Harley Siding, Lexington, Lockport, Ockley, Owasco, Patton, Pittsburg, Prince William, Pyrmont, Radnor, Ray, Rockfield, Roth Park, Sandy Beach, Sharon, Sleeth, Tecoma, Terrace Bay, Upper Sunset Park, Walnut Gardens, Wheeling, and Yeoman.

Select this LINK to see GENERAL Carroll 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.
*The Town of Deer Creek is located in Washington Township, rather than the normally expected township which shares its name: Deer Creek 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 = White County, IN     NE = Cass County, IN
W = White County, IN     CARROLL COUNTY     SE= Howard County, IN
                SW = Tippecanoe County, IN      S = Clinton County, IN

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    222 East Main Street - Delphi, IN 46923   Phone: (765) 564-2929.

  • Carroll County Health Department (For Birth and Death Records from 1882)

   Courthouse - Delphi, IN 46923-1566  Phone: (317) 564-3420.

  • Carroll County Circuit Court (For Marriage and Divorce Records)

   Courthouse, 2nd Floor - 101 W. Main Street - Delphi, IN 46923
   Phone: (317) 564-4485   Fax: (317) 564-6907.

Carroll County Communities

Adams Township communities include:  Lockport.


Burlington Township communities include:  Burlington.


Carrollton Township communities include:  Carrollton, Sharon and Wheeling.  The community of Carrollton is situated at the Carrollton and Burlington Townships line.


Clay Township communities include:  Owasco and Pyrmont.

Deer Creek Township communities include:  Delphi (the county seat), Harley and Harley Siding.

  

·  Delphi Public Library
    222 East Main Street - Delphi, IN 46923   Phone: (765) 564-2929.


Democrat Township communities include:  Adams Mill, Cutler, Lexington, Prince William and Ray.


Jackson Township communities include:  Camden.

·  Camden Public Library - picture
       183 W. Main Street - Camden, IN 46917  Phone: (219) 686-2120.


Jefferson Township communities include:  Patton, Roth Park, Sandy Beach, Sleeth, Terrace Bay, Upper Sunset Park, Walnut Gardens and Yeoman.    The community of Sleeth is situated on the Tippecanoe and Jefferson Townships line.


Liberty Township communities include:Burrows, Flax and Tecoma.


Madison Township communities include:  Ockley and Radnor.


Monroe Township communities include:  Bringhurst and Flora.

A Brief History of Monroe Township
(pubished resources)


     Monroe township was organized in March, 1840, and Isaac Price was appointed inspector of elections.  The first election was held on the last Saturday in June, 1840, and James C. Todd was elected justice of the peace.  The first log school house was built on the farm of Amos Ball, in 1833.  The Dunkard church was established in 1831.  Other church denominations followed as the populaton increased.

      Among the early settlers were Thomas Ross, Samuel Ross, Joseph Beckner, Amos Ball, John Flra, Jacob Zook, George Cline, Jonathan Barnard and others.

     There are two towns in Monroe Township:  Flora and Bringhurst.  Flora (also known as Fountain City) is an incorporated town.  It was first platted, for John Flora, in 1872, as Flora Station.  In 1916, Flora was reported to have a population of one thousand six hundred, and located on the Vandalia railroad which later became the Pennsylvania railroad.  The town of Bringhurst was reportedly named for Col. Thomas H. Bringhurst, a former owner of the Logansport Journal.  Bringhurst (also known as "U Know" and "Plank") was platted in 1873, for James N. A. Moss, Moses Plant and Seth Burris.  It is also located on the same railroad route and is only about a mile south of Flora (see aerial view of the Flora-Bringhurst area).  In 1916, Bringhurst had about six hundred inhabitants.  Though Flora and Bringhurst were reported to each have "fine high school buildings," in 1916, the Bringhurst school was later discontinued, and, in 1927, Bringhurst students were transferred to the Flora school.  (See the Carroll Consolidated School Corporation website, at http://www.carroll.k12.in.us/.)

·  Flora - Monroe Township Public Library      109 N. Center Street - Flora, IN 46929   Phone: (219) 967-3912.
     Carroll County links and information


Resources:
History of Carroll County, Indiana Its People, Industries and Institutions, With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families, by John C. Odell, Indianapolis :  B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., 1916.

Carroll County, Indiana Postal History, Rural Settlements, Towns, Development of Modes of Travel, Townships, by Dora Thomas Mayhill, Knightstown, Indiana :  Banner Publishing Co., 1954.

Rock Creek Township communities include:  Rockfield.


Tippecanoe Township communities include:  Pittsburg.  The community of Sleeth is situated on the Tippecanoe and Jefferson Townships line.


Washington Township communities include:  Deer Creek.

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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.

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