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*First created in 1803.
*County seat: Lawrenceburg.
Located in southeastern
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Aurora,
Bonnell, Braysville, Bright, Chesterville, Cochran, Cold Springs, Dillsboro, Dillsboro Station, Dover, Farmers Retreat, Greendale, Guilford, Hardinsburg, Hidden Valley,
Homestead, Hubbells
Corner, Kelso, Kirschs
Corner, Kyle, Lawrenceburg,
Lawrenceburg Junction, Lawrenceville,
Logan, Longnecker, Manchester, Moores Hill, Mt. Sinai, Nebo, New Alsace, Oldtown, St. Leon, Sparta, Texas, Utah, Weisburg, West Harrison, Westside, Wilmington and Wrights Corner.
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Surrounding Counties:
N = Franklin
County, IN
W = Ripley
County, IN DEARBORN COUNTY
E = Hamilton County, OH
S = Ohio
County,
IN
SE corner = The Ohio River
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Established in 1803; County seat is Lawrenceburg.
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- 1875 Map of Dearborn County, Indiana, by Higgins Belden & Co. (see citation )
- Interactive Present day Map of Dearborn County, Indiana.
- 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.
- A Guide to The
Ohio Valley-Great Lakes Ethnohistory Archive: "...a unique
assemblage of primary and secondary resources pertaining to the Native
American occupancy of the region..." Assembled by David R. Miller,
Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology,
- First Nations Histories by Lee Stultzman
- Native American Links
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Phone: (812) 537-4075. - "...The courthouse burned in 1826 but some records were re-recorded..."
COMMERCE, TOURISM & ONLINE COMMUNITY
- Dearborn County - Offical site for
- Dearborn County Chamber of Commerce - with
- Red Wolf Sanctuary - refuge and
rehabilitation center for sick or injured animals indigenous to the
- Dearborn County Local Parks
- Roster of Indiana Waters Navigable by county
- Ohio River Information -
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- DNR: Indiana Canoeing Guide and Rivers and Canoeing Trails.
- Journal Press of Aurora
· Indiana State Library. 140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296
· Newspaper Holdings: Holdings by county (in Indianapolis)
CHURCHES
- Dearborn Hills United Methodist Church - Lawrenceburg
- 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.
- countyhistory.com: for Dearborn County, by Ronald Branson!
- Dearborn County Chamber of Commerce - with
- Dearborn County - Offical site for
- Dearborn County Historical Society
- 508
Phone: (812) 537-4075. - Early
Dearborn County Wills Index
- Microfilmed Resources
- INGenWeb for Dearborn County, Indiana, by Kathleen Esposito.
- Dearborn County Biographies
- 1820 Indiana Census Index, by Lori!
- 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
o Indiana Cemetery Locator Database
o Indiana Biography Index (published before 1990)
o Indiana Biography Index (published since 1990)
o Index of Indiana Marriages Through 1850.
o Index of Indiana Marriages, 1993 through 2002
o Newspaper Holdings: Holdings by county (in Indianapolis)
o Images of Indiana: 92 Counties // from Adams to Whitley
o Vital Information Exchange (VINE)
ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES for
Further Research
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Phone: (812) 537-4075. - Microfilmed Resources
- County Court Records and Archives. - "...The courthouse burned in 1826 but some records were re-recorded..."
- Aurora Public Library
- Dillsboro Public Library
508
Phone: (812) 537-4075.
Courthouse
- 215 W. High St. -
Phone: (812) 537-4075 or (812) 537-2151.
- County Court Information. - "...The courthouse burned in 1826 but some records were re-recorded..."
- Dearborn County Health Department (For Birth and Death Records from 1882)
Phone: (812) 537-8826.
- Coles
Chapel Cemetery,
- Hill Forest, a National Landmark
in
- Aurora, Indiana
- Aurora Public Library
- Red Wolf Sanctuary - refuge and
rehabilitation center for sick or injured animals indigenous to the
- Dillsboro Public Library
Harrison Township communities include: Braysville,
Longnecker and West Harrison.
- Braysville
Cemetery, in
Jackson Township communities include: Hubbells
Corner, Lawrenceville, New Alsace and Weisburg.
- Heuck-Probst
Cemetery, in
Lawrenceburg Township communities include:
Greendale, Hardinsburg, Homestead, Lawrenceburg Junction, Nebo, Utah, Westside,
and Lawrenceburg (the county seat). Oldtown was located at/near
Lawrenceburg (see
map).
- Dearborn County - Offical site for
- Dearborn County History.
- Local Historic Organizations/Commissions.
- Local Historic Sites.
- Dearborn County Communities.
- Dearborn County Government.
- Dearborn County Historical Society
- 508
Phone: (812) 537-4075. - Early
Dearborn County Wills Index
- Microfilmed Resources
County Court Records and Archives. - "...The courthouse burned in 1826 but some records were re-recorded..."
- Dearborn County (COC) with
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Manchester Township communities include:
Kirschs Corner, Kyle, Manchester and Wrights Corner. Bonnell appears to
have been located in Manchester Township, southwest of Yorkville, in
- Platt
Cemetery,
Sparta Township communities include: Chesterville,
Cold Springs, Moores Hill and Sparta.
- South
Sparta Cemetery,
- Trestor
Cemetery,
- City of Aurora and The City of Spires: History
- Dearborn County - Offical site for
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