DEARBORN COUNTY, Indiana
*First created in 1803.
*County seat: Lawrenceburg.
Located in southeastern Indiana, with the Ohio River at it's southeastern
corner.
*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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DEARBORN COUNTY, INDIANA
Established in 1803; County seat is Lawrenceburg.
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MAPS
- 1875
Map of Dearborn County, Indiana, by Higgins Belden & Co. (see citation )
- U.
S. Census
Bureau Dearborn County
Profile.
- 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.
NATIVE
AMERICAN: THE PEOPLE
MUSEUMS
- 508 W. High Street - Vance House - Lawrenceburg, Indiana
47025-1916
Phone: (812) 537-4075.
- "...The
courthouse burned in 1826 but some records were re-recorded..."
COMMERCE, TOURISM & ONLINE COMMUNITY
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Visit Southeast Indiana
NATURE
- Red Wolf Sanctuary - refuge and
rehabilitation center for sick or injured animals indigenous to the Ohio River Valley.
P.O. Box 235 - Dillsboro,
IN 47018 Phone: (812) 667-5303.
NEWS
& NEWSPAPERS
CHURCHES
9901 Central Avenue - P.O. Box 578 - Dillsboro,
IN 47018.
- Dearborn Hills United
Methodist Church - Lawrenceburg
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populated places, and more. Please note that the map town listed
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location of the actual feature. This database may not be complete,
and, as with any database, there may be errors.
SCHOOLS and EDUCATION
BIOGRAPHIES
HISTORY: Articles ONLINE
140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN
46204-2296
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Online
Databases
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Indiana
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
of Indiana Marriages, 1993 through 2000
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Newspaper
Holdings: Holdings by county
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Images
of Indiana: 92 Counties // from Adams to Whitley
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Indiana
Public Libraries
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Map
of Indiana Libraries.
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WWII Servicemen
Database
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Indiana Plat Books
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Vital Information Exchange
(VINE)
ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES for
Further Research
123 W. High Street - Lawrenceburg, IN
47025
Phone: (812) 537-2775.
- Dearborn County
Historical Society
- archived web page
- 508 W. High Street - Vance House - Lawrenceburg, Indiana
47025-1916
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
- 414 2nd Street - Aurora, IN 47001 Phone: (812)
926-0646.
- Dillsboro Public
Library
- 10151 Library Lane - Dillsboro, IN
47018
Phone: (812) 432-5200
COUNTY
GOVERNMENT &
Vital Records
508 W. High Street -
Vance House - Lawrenceburg,
Indiana 47025-1916
Phone: (812) 537-4075.
- Dearborn
County Circuit Clerk (For Marriage and
Divorce Records)
Courthouse - 215 W. High St.
- Lawrenceburg, IN 47025
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)
Dearborn County
Administration Bldg. - Lawrenceburg,
IN 47025-1910
Phone: (812) 537-8826.
Dearborn County Communities
Caesar Creek Township
communities include: Farmers Retreat.
Center
Township communities include: Aurora, Cochran and Texas.
Clay
Township
communities include: Dillsboro and Dillsboro Station.
- Red Wolf Sanctuary - refuge and
rehabilitation center for sick or injured animals indigenous to the Ohio River Valley.
P.O. Box 235 - Dillsboro,
IN 47018 Phone: (812) 667-5303.
9901 Central Avenue - P.O. Box 578 - Dillsboro,
IN 47018.
Harrison Township communities
include: Braysville, Longnecker
and West Harrison.
Hogan
Township communities include: Mt. Sinai
and Wilmington.
Jackson Township communities
include: Hubbells Corner, Lawrenceville, New Alsace and Weisburg.
Kelso
Township communities include: Dover and St. Leon.
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).
County Court
Records and Archives. - "...The courthouse burned in 1826 but
some records were re-recorded..."
Brief Dearborn
Co. History & Brief City & Town Histories.
123 W. High Street - Lawrenceburg, IN
47025
Phone: (812) 537-2775.
Logan
Township communities include: Logan.
Manchester Township
communities include: Kirschs Corner, Kyle, Manchester and Wrights
Corner. Bonnell appears to have
been located in Manchester Township, southwest of Yorkville, in York Township.
Kennedy is situated at the York and Manchester townships
line.
Miller
Township communities include: Bright
and Hidden Valley.
Sparta Township communities
include: Chesterville, Cold Springs, Moores Hill and Sparta.
Washington
Township
communities include: This is a rural township.
York
Township
communities include: Yorkville. Kennedy is situated at the York and Manchester
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.
Copyright
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002-2008, by Ann Mensch. All
Rights Reserved.
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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