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*First created in 1844.
*County seat:
Located in central
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Alto, Cassville, Center, Darrough Chapel,
Fairfield, Greentown,
Guy, Hemlock, Indian Heights, Jerome,
Judson, Kappa, Kokomo, New London, Oakford, Phlox, Plevna, Poplar Grove, Ridgeway, Russiaville,
Shanghai, Sycamore,
Tampico, Terre Hall,
Vermont, West Liberty,
and West Middleton.
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Surrounding Counties:
NW = Cass
County, IN NE = Miami County,
IN
W = Carroll
County, IN HOWARD COUNTY E = Grant County,
IN
SW = Clinton
County, IN S = Tipton County,
IN
- Birds eye view of the city of Kokomo, Indiana (1868), Drawn by A. Ruger.
- Interactive Present day Map of Howard County, Indiana.
- Use the query form, at USGS, 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.
- Official Website for Howard County, Indiana
- Howard County
Community Net
- Howard County Genealogy by Tracey Morris.
- Howard County Historical Society
- 1200 West Sycamore -
- Kokomo Tribune Online Edition
- Judson Indiana Resource
Guide, City of
- Kokomo-Howard County Public Library
220 North Union
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- Genealogy and Local History Department.
- Online Databases
- Cemetery Database
- Howard County History Series!!! by Carl Leiter.
- Howard County Townships and Their Early Settlements and Towns.
- Township Maps.
- The
Big Miami Reserve, Article by Historian, Carl Leiter, includes maps
- "... At the time of the survey of the Big Miami Reserve in
1819-1820, the area was an unbroken wilderness, and there was not a
white settlement between
- The New
Purchase, by Historian Carl Leiter - "...In the fall of
1818 at St. Marys, Ohio, several tribes including the Delawares, Wea,
Kickapoos, Miamis and Potawatomis, gave up their claim to a very large
area of central Indiana. Called the "New Purchase," this tract
consisted of the entire central portion of
- Read more articles by Carl Leiter!!!
- Mortality: SCHEDULE 3 - page 505 Persons who Died during the Year ending 1st June, 1850, in the County of Howard State of Indiana.
- Mortality: SCHEDULE 3 - Page 274; Page No. 1 Persons who Died during the Year ending 1st June, 1860, in Honey Creek, Harrison, Monroe, Clay & Ervin Townships in the County of Howard State of Indiana, enumerated by me, W M Waters Ass't Marshal.
- Mortality: SCHEDULE 2 - Persons who Died during the Year ending 1st June, 1870, in Center Township, in the County of Howard , State of Indiana, enumerated by me, Y. F. Philips, Ass't Marshal.
- Surname Index to: Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Extracted Indiana Counties: Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Grant, Howard, Miami and Tipton Lists the name of each pensioner, the cause for which pensioned, the post-office address, the rate of pension per month, and the date of original allowance as called for by Senate Resolution of December 8, 1882.
· 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)
Though located in
- Index of obituaries and death notices in the American Friend, compiled between 1996 and 1999 by Thomas D. Hamm.
- Indiana Yearly Meeting Archives Index
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Indiana
State Archives.
o Naturalization Databases for the Indiana counties of Blackford, Dubois, Elkhart, Floyd, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Howard, Jefferson, Marshall, Monroe, Morgan, Noble, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Randolph, Switzerland, Union, Wayne, and Whitley.
- countyhistory.com: for Howard County, by Ronald Branson!
- Howard County
Indiana USGenWeb Project Biographies
- World War II Veterans Online Information Center
- Howard County Memory Project
- Howard County Health Department (For Birth & Death Records from ca. 1875)
Phones: (765) 456-2400 OR (765) 456-2927
Births or Deaths which occurred between 1875 and 1920, should be in the Master
Index Books in the office. Those after 1920, are not indexed, so details
should be given to help locate and identify the record as quickly as possible.
- Online Application for Certified Birth Certificate
- Online Application for Certified Death Certificate
- Howard County Circuit Court Clerk (For Marriage, Divorce & Probate Records)
Courthouse -
Phone: (317) 456-2204.
- Birds eye view of the city of Kokomo, Indiana (1868), Drawn by A. Ruger.
- Kokomo, Indiana.
- Kokomo/Howard County History
Kokomo-Howard County Public Library
220 North Union
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Ervin Township communities include: Judson,
Kappa, Poplar Grove and Ridgeway.
Kokomo-Howard County Public Library
220 North Union
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Kokomo-Howard County Public Library
220 North Union
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- Kokomo-Howard County Library
Kokomo-Howard County Public Library
220 North Union
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Kokomo-Howard County Public Library
220 North Union
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Kokomo-Howard County Public Library
220 North Union
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Liberty Township communities include: Greentown,
Guy and Plevna.
- Greentown Information and History
- Eastern Howard School
Corp. - "
- Eastern Howard Alumni
- Greentown Public Library
Adult:
Children's:
- Greentown Public Library and Eastern Howard County
- A Little History on the Greentown Area, by Bonnie Petro Bonebrake (Local Historian)
- Greentown Area Churches
- Greentown Historical Society - Form via the Greentown Library's web site
- Greentown Glass
History:
- Biographical Sketch of D. C. Jenkins, Jr.
- Biographical Sketch of Jacob Rosenthal.
- Biographical Sketch of Dr. Ruth Herrick. - author of Greentown Glass: The Indiana Tumbler and Goblet Company and Allied Manufacturers, which was copyrighted in 1959.
220 North Union
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Kokomo-Howard County Public Library
220 North Union -
Kokomo-Howard County Public Library
220 North Union -
Union Township communities include: Jerome,
Phlox and West Liberty.
Kokomo-Howard County Public Library
220 North Union -
Cemeteries within
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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. Search the Library's online catalogue to see some of the printed resources available for a location or topic.
Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001-2009, by Ann Mensch. All Rights Reserved.
Printed resources for this page include:
- School and Library Atlas
of the World. Fred W. Foster, Ph.D. (Editor). Sycamore,
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