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CLINTON COUNTY, Indiana
History <-> Genealogy

*First created in 1830.
*County seat: Frankfort.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Antioch, Avery, Beard, Boyleston, Cambria, Colfax, Cyclone, East Park, Edna Mills, Ellis, Fickle, Forest, Frankfort, Greetingsville, Hamilton, Hillisburg, Jefferson, Kentwood, Kilmore, Kirklin, Manson, Mattix Corner, Michigantown, Middlefork, Moran, Mulberry, Pickard, Reagan, Risse, Rossville, Scircleville, Sedalia, Wesley Manor, Wilshire, and Woodside Park.

Select this LINK to see GENERAL Clinton 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.
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Surrounding Counties:
                              N = Carroll County, IN  NE = Howard County, IN
W = Tippecanoe County, IN     CLINTON COUNTY     E= Tipton County, IN
 SW = Montgomery County, IN   S = Boone County, IN   SE = Hamilton County, IN

CLINTON COUNTY, INDIANA
Established in 1830; County seat is Frankfort.
+ MAPS + TOWNS + TOWNSHIPS + NEIGHBORING COUNTIES +
+ CHURCHES + CEMETERIES + MUSEUMS and HISTORIC SITES +
+ NEWS & NEWSPAPERS + COMMERCE & TOURISM +
+ HISTORY & GENEALOGY: Articles & Online Databases + BIOGRAPHIES +
+ NATIVE AMERICAN: THE PEOPLE + NATURE +
+ ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES for Further Research +
+ COUNTY GOVERNMENT & Vital Records +
+ PROFESSIONAL HISTORICAL GENEALOGY RESEARCH +


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

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NATIVE AMERICAN
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     P. O. box 23 - Thorntown, IN     E-mail: thornpl@in-motion.net
   "...a group of individuals interested in preserving the Indian and pioneer history of the Thorntown area..."

  • 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.)
  • Wea Indian Tribe         715 Park Ave. - Lafayette, Indiana 47904
  • Miami Nation of Indians    
  • P.O. Box 41 - Peru, Indiana 46970  Phone: (765) 473-9631.

MUSEUMS & HISTORIC SITES
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   Old Stoney Building - 301 East Clinton Street - Frankfort, IN 46041
   Phone: (765) 659-2030 or 659-4079    E-mail: cchsm@geetel.net


CHURCHES
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CEMETERIES
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  • 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.

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

o        Indiana Cemetery Locator Database

COMMERCE, TOURISM & ONLINE COMMUNITY
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NATURE
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NEWS & NEWSPAPERS
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·         Indiana State Library.    140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296

o        Newspaper Holdings: Holdings by county

 

 

BIOGRAPHIES
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HISTORY <-> GENEALOGY: Articles and Online Databases
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·         World War II Veterans Online Information Center

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

o        Online Databases

o        Indiana Cemetery Locator Database

o        Indiana Biography Index

o        Index of Indiana Marriages Through 1850.

o        Index of Indiana Marriages, 1993 through 2000

o        Newspaper Holdings: Holdings by county

o        Images of Indiana: 92 Counties // from Adams to Whitley

o        Indiana Public Libraries

o        Map of Indiana Libraries.

o        WWII Servicemen Database

o        Indiana Plat Books

ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES for Further Research
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   Old Stoney Building - 301 East Clinton Street - Frankfort, IN 46041
   Phone: (765) 659-2030 or 659-4079    E-mail: cchsm@geetel.net

   208 West Clinton Street - Frankfort, IN 46041  Phone: (765) 654-8746.

Genealogical Holdings Information.
Clinton County Archive Project

 

COUNTY GOVERNMENT & Vital Records
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  • Clinton County Health Department (For Birth and Death Records from 1882)

   211 North Jackson Street - Frankfort, IN 46041-1936 Phone: (317) 659-6385.

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

   Courthouse - 265 Courthouse Square - Frankfort, IN 46041  Phone: (317) 659-6335  Fax: (317) 659-6391.

Clinton County Communities

Center Township communities include:  East Part, Kentwood, Frankfort (the county seat).  Risse, Wesley Manor, Wilshire, and Woodside Park are communities in the greater Frankfort area.

   Old Stoney Building - 301 East Clinton Street - Frankfort, IN 46041
   Phone: (765) 659-2030 or 659-4079    E-mail: cchsm@geetel.net

   208 West Clinton Street - Frankfort, IN 46041
Phone: (765) 654-8746.   Genealogical Holdings Information.


Forest Township communities include:  Forest.


Jackson Township communities include:  Antioch, Cyclone and Reagan.


Johnson Township communities include:  Hillisburg and Scircleville.


Kirklin Township communities include: Kirklin.


Madison Township communities include:  Hamilton and Mulberry.

   143 South Glick Street - Mulberry, IN 46058  Phone: (765) 296-2604.

Michigan Township communities include:  Avery, Boyleston and Michigantown.

   702 North Main Street - P.O. Box 176 - Michigantown, IN 46057
   Phone: (765) 249-2303

Owen Township communities include:  Cambria, Ellis, Moran and Sedalia.  The community of Greetingsville is situated on the Owen and Warren townships line.


Perry Township communities include:  Colfax and Manson.

  • Images from Clinton County includes schoolhouses: in District 6, Ross Township (built 1907),  District 4, Perry Township (built 1848), and a parsonage in Middlefork, from the Indiana State Library, (in Indianapolis).

 


Ross Township communities include:  Edna Mills and Rossville.  The community of Mattix Corner is situated, at the intersection of  Highway 421 and 38, on the Ross and Washington townships line.

   400 West Main Street - P.O. Box 567 - Rossville, IN 46065
   Phone: (765) 379-2246.

  • Images from Clinton County includes schoolhouses: in District 6, Ross Township (built 1907),  District 4, Perry Township (built 1848), and a parsonage in Middlefork, from the Indiana State Library, (in Indianapolis).

 


Sugar Creek Township communities include:  Pickard.


Union Township communities include:  Kilmore.


Warren Township communities include:  Beard and Middlefork.  The community of Greetingsville is situated on the Owen and Warren townships line.

 


Washington Township communities include:  Fickle and Jefferson.  The community of Mattix Corner is situated, at the intersection of  Highway 421 and 38, on the Ross and Washington townships line.

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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.


Clinton County Cemeteries:

 Abbot Cemetery -  Latitude:  401554N;   Longitude: 0864113W

 Allen Cemetery -  Latitude:  401406N;   Longitude: 0862645W

 Bacon Cemetery -  Latitude:  401921N;   Longitude:  0861537W

 Baker Cemetery -  Latitude:  401714N;   Longitude: 0861632W

 Bennett Cemetery -  Latitude:  401948N;   Longitude: 0863659W

 Bogan Cemetery -  Latitude:  401126N;   Longitude: 0862017W

 Brandon Cemetery -  Latitude:  401946N;   Longitude: 0862539W

 Bunnell Cemetery -  Latitude:  401806N;   Longitude: 0863229W

 Buntin Cemetery -  Latitude:  401221N;   Longitude: 0862853W

 Campbell Cemetery -  Latitude:  402344N;   Longitude: 0862327W

 Davis Cemetery -  Latitude:  401310N;   Longitude: 0864014W

 Dew Cemetery -  Latitude:  401409N;   Longitude: 0862357W

 Grays Cemetery -  Latitude:  402505N;   Longitude: 0862458W

 Greenlawn Memorial Park -  Latitude:  401534N;   Longitude: 0863043W

 Hiner Cemetery -  Latitude:  402318N;   Longitude: 0863411W

 Jefferson Cemetery -  Latitude:  401725N;   Longitude: 0863523W

 Kings Corner Cemetery -  Latitude: 401530N ;   Longitude: 0862030W

 Latshaw Cemetery -  Latitude:  402318N;   Longitude: 0863434W

 Layman Cemetery -  Latitude:  402112N;   Longitude: 0862346W

 Layton Cemetery -  Latitude: 401920N;   Longitude: 0862753W

 Loveless Cemetery -  Latitude:  401136N;   Longitude: 0863805W

 Manson Cemetery -  Latitude:  401407N;   Longitude: 0863524W

 McIntire Cemetery -  Latitude:  401112N;   Longitude: 0862516W

 McKendra Cemetery -  Latitude:  401157N;   Longitude: 0864052W

 Merrit Cemetery -  Latitude:  401947N;   Longitude: 0861831W

 Mount Hope Cemetery -  Latitude:  402313N;   Longitude: 0863308W

 Oak Hill Cemetery -  Latitude:  401252N;   Longitude: 0862127W

Old Chaney Cemetery -  Latitude:  402313N;   Longitude: 0862951W

 Old Liberty Cemetery -  Latitude:  402139N;   Longitude: 0862230W

 Old Prophet Cemetery -  Latitude:  ;402521N   Longitude: 0862210W

 Old South Cemetery -  Latitude:  401619N;   Longitude: 0863023W

 Old Whiteman Cemetery -  Latitude:  401930N;   Longitude: 0862342W

 Paris Cemetery -  Latitude:  401742N;   Longitude: 0862353W

 Plainview Cemetery -  Latitude:  401225N;   Longitude: 0864021W

 Pleasant View Cemetery -  Latitude:  402317N;   Longitude: 0863813W

 Plummer Cemetery -  Latitude:  401923N;   Longitude: 0862025W

 Prairie Chapel Cemetery -  Latitude:  401800N;   Longitude: 0861543W

 Providence Cemetery -  Latitude:  401910N;   Longitude: 0863651W

 Saint Paul Cemetery -  Latitude:  402042N;   Longitude: 0861801W

 Scott Cemetery -  Latitude:  401623N;   Longitude: 0861806W

 Shilo Cemetery -  Latitude:  401257N;   Longitude: 0863923W

 Sims Cemetery -  Latitude:  402433N;   Longitude: 0862249W

 Stowers Cemetery -  Latitude:  401159N;   Longitude: 0861925W

 Stroup Cemetery -  Latitude:  401855N;   Longitude: 0861631W

 Union Cemetery -  Latitude:  402437N;   Longitude: 0862051W

 Veneman Cemetery -  Latitude:  402136N;   Longitude: 0862131W

 Whiteman Cemetery -  Latitude:  401857N;   Longitude: 0862332W

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.
  • New Sectional Township Map of Indiana.  Chicago, Illinois : Higgins Belden & Co., 1875.

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