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CASS COUNTY, Indiana
History <-> Genealogy
*First created in 1829.
*County seat: Logansport.
Located in Central Indiana, the Wabash
River flows through the city of Logansport and Cass
County.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Adamsboro,
Anoka, Clymers, Danes, Deacon, Dunkirk, Galveston, Georgetown, Hoover, Kenneth, Lake Ciott, Leases Corner, Lewisburg, Lincoln, Little Charlie, Logansport, Lucerne, Metea, Mt. Pleasant, New Waverly, Old Adamsboro, Onward, Poundstone Corner,
Royal Center, Trimer, Twelve Mile, Verona, Walton and Young America.
Select this LINK to see GENERAL Cass 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 = Pulaski
County, IN NE = Fulton County,
IN
W = White
County, IN CASS COUNTY
E= Miami County,
IN
SW = Carroll
County, IN S = Howard County,
IN
1004 East Market Street - Logansport, IN
46947
- USGenWeb for Cass County, IN Genealogy -
by Debby Beheler.
- The Political Graveyard for
Cass County, Indiana - information about memorials and politicians
who were born, lived or died in Cass
County.
- Genealogical Roots in Newspapers of
Cass County, by Lisa R. Ford.
- countyhistory.com:
for Cass County,
by Ronald Branson!
- Tracking the Underground
Railroad no easy task, by Mary T. Mancha - "...several towns in
Northcentral Indiana
were stopping points on slaves’ routes to freedom..." Did
tunnels beneath the former St. Vincent de Paul Church in Logansport once
sheltered fugitive slaves?
- Information regarding records of:
Logansport State Hospital: aka Northern
Indiana Hospital
for the Insane, "Longcliff" - Logansport, Indiana,
Established 1888.
- Postcard:
Logansport State Hospital: aka Northern
Indiana Hospital
for the Insane, "Longcliff" - Logansport, Indiana,
Established 1888.
- John
Tipton (1786-1839) - Served as Indiana Senator from 1832-1839,
born in Tennessee, he relocated first to Harrison County, IN,
and in 1828 laid out the city of Logansport,
Cass County, Indiana where he died and is buried.
- France Park - Logansport, IN -
with "...150 year old log cabin built around 1839 in Deer Creek
township by Noah Fouts..."; remains of the Wabash and Erie
Canal; a waterfall, the old "Kenith Stone Quarry", and
topographical features were formed as the limestone was mined by the Casparis
Stone Company (1892 - 1927) and the France Stone Company ( 1927 - 1967 ).
- Pioneer Priests of
Indiana: Stephen Theodore Badin - Many of the churches in
communities between Fort Wayne and Logansport were
built on property acquired during the 1830s by Father Badin.
- Pennsylvania
Railroad Page - Columbus to Logansport branch.
- The Logansport, Indiana
Gustav Dentzel Carousel
- by William H. Dentzel -
restoration and photos. The Dentzel
Carousel Co. has more carousel history on their web site.
- Pharos-Tribune Online News of
Logansport.
- See also a Tiger Interactive
map of Cass County, Indiana.
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State Library. 140
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Cemetery Locator Database
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Indiana
Biography Index
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Index of
Indiana Marriages Through 1850.
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Index
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Holdings: Holdings by county
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Indiana
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Map
of Indiana Libraries.
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WWII Servicemen
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NARA:
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The
Genealogy Page.
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About Census Records
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1790-1890
Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm
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1930 Census
Microfilm Locator
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The Soundex
Indexing System
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Clues in
Census Records, 1790-1840
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Clues in
Census Records, 1850-1930
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Indian
Census Rolls
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Nonpopulation
Census Records
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Prologue, Spring 1996, Vol. 28, No. 1, "First
in the Path of the Firemen" The Fate of the 1890 Population Census,
by Kellee Blake.
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Native
American Records
- USGS:
Use the query form 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.
- The Political Graveyard,
for Cass County,
Indiana, created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, a web site
about U.S.
political history, politicians and cemeteries.
- Cass County
Historical Society and Museum
1004 East Market Street - Logansport, IN
46947
616 East Broadway - Logansport, IN
46947 Phone:
(574) 753-6383.
- Cass County Health
Department (For Birth and Death Records from ca. 1882)
1201
Michigan Avenue, Suite 230 - Logansport,
IN 46947-1530
Phone: (574) 753-7760 or (574) 753-7761.
Fees (personal checks NOT accepted): Birth Certificates $4,
Death Certificates $5.
Indiana
Birth and Death Certificates
Indiana State
List of County Health Departments
Logansport Memorial Hospital
1101 Michigan Avenue - Logansport, IN 46947
- Cass County
Circuit Court (For Marriage and Divorce Records)
Government Bldg. - 200
Court Park, Room 103 - Logansport,
IN 46947
Phone: (574) 753-7740
Government Bldg. - 200
Court Park, Room 102 - Logansport,
IN 46947
Phone: (574) 753-7810
Government Bldg. - 200
Court Park, Room 303 - Logansport,
IN 46947
Phone: (574) 753-7700.
Cass County Communities
Adams
Township communities include: Hoover, Little Charlie and Twelve Mile.
Bethlehem Township
communities include: Metea and Mt.
Pleasant.
Boone
Township communities include: Royal Center.
- Royal Center
Public Library
203
North Chicago Street - Royal Center, IN 46978 Phone: (574)
643-3185.
Clay
Township
communities include: Adamsboro.
Clinton
Township
communities include:
Deer
Creek Township
communities include: Deacon, Poundstone Corner and Young America.
- France Park -
Logansport, IN - with "...150 year old log cabin built around 1839 in
Deer Creek township by Noah Fouts..."; remains of the Wabash
and Erie Canal; a waterfall, the old "Kenith Stone Quarry"and
topographical features were formed as the limestone was mined by the
Casparis Stone Company (1892 - 1927) and the France Stone Company ( 1927 -
1967 ).
Eel Township communities include: Dunkirk
and the city of Logansport.
- Logansport Area Links
- Logansport/Cass County Chamber of
Commerce.
- Logansport State
Hospital: aka Northern Indiana Hospital
for the Insane, Longcliff - Logansport,
Indiana, Established 1888
(Postcard Photo.)
- John
Tipton (1786-1839) - Served as Indiana Senator from 1832-1839,
born in Tennessee, he relocated first to Harrison County, IN,
and in 1828 laid out the city of Logansport,
Cass County, Indiana where he died and is buried.
- France Park -
Logansport, IN - with "...150 year old log cabin built around 1839 in
Deer Creek township by Noah Fouts..."; remains of the Wabash
and Erie Canal; a waterfall, the old "Kenith Stone Quarry"and
topographical features were formed as the limestone was mined by the
Casparis Stone Company (1892 - 1927) and the France Stone Company ( 1927 -
1967 ).
- Cass County
Historical Society and Museum
1004 East Market
Street - Logansport, IN 46947
616
East Broadway - Logansport,
IN 46947
Phone: (574) 753-6383.
Harrison
Township communities include:
Leases Corner and Lucerne.
Jackson
Township communities include: Galveston and Lincoln.
304 East Jackson - Galveston, IN
46932 Phone:
(574) 699-6170.
Jefferson Township communities include:
Georgetown, Kenneth, Lake
Cicott and Trimer.
Miami Township communities include: Danes,
Lewisburg, New Waverly and Old Adamsboro.
Noble
Township communities include: Verona.
Tipton
Township
communities include: Onward and Walton.
- Walton Tipton
Township
Library
103
East Bishop Street - Walton, IN 46994 Phone: (574) 626-2234.
Washington Township
communities include: Anoka.
[ Additional Research
Resources for All Indiana Counties ]
Professional 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.
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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