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JACKSON COUNTY, Indiana
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*First created in 1816.
*County seat: Brownstown.
Located in south central Indiana.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Acme, Bobtown, Brownstown, Chestnut Ridge, Clear Spring, Conologue, Cortland, Crothersville, Dudleytown, Ewing, Fleming, Freetown, Houston, Kriete Corner, Kurtz, Little Acre, Maumee, Medora, Milport, New Elizabethtown, New Farmington, Norman Station, Peters Switch, Reddington, Retreat, Rockford, Seymour, Shields, Sparksville, Spraytown, Surprise, Tampico, Uniontown, Vallonia, Weddleville, and Wegan.
 

Townships in Jackson County 
(North = Top)

Surrounding Counties:
                       NW =  Brown County, IN   NE = Bartholomew County, OH
WNW = Monroe County, IN     JACKSON COUNTY     E = Jennings County, IN
W = Lawrence County, IN   S = Washington County, IN  SE = Scott County, IN

• Jackson County and Seymour, Indiana

• Jackson County Indiana Visitors Center

  • Jackson County History and Picture Archive

• 1820 Indiana Census Index, by Lori!

• INGenWeb: Jackson County Genealogy, by Sheri Bush.

  • Jackson County Cemeteries Information

• countyhistory.com: for Jackson County, by Ronald Branson!

• The Doughboy Center - presented by The Great War Society.

• World War II Veterans Online Information Center

• USA Veterans' Administration

• 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.

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

  • Indiana Cemetery Locator Database

  • Indiana Biography Index

  • Index of Indiana Marriages Through 1850.

  • Images from the County

  • County Newspaper Holdings (in Indianapolis)

  • WWII Servicemen Index

• Jackson County Public Library    303 W. Second Street - Seymour, IN 47274

  • Jackson County Digital History & Picture Archive

  • History of Jackson County, Indiana: from the Earliest Time to the Present, with Biographical Sketches, Notes, etc., Together with an Extended History of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the State of Indiana.  Chicago : Brant and Fuller, 1886.

• Brownstown Public Library    

  • 120 E. Spring Street - Brownstown, IN 47220   Phone: (812) 358-2853.

• Jackson County Genealogical     

  • 415 S. Poplar Street - Brownstown, IN 47220   Phone: (812) 358-2118.

• Jackson County Historical Society   

  • P.O. Box 215 - Brownstown, IN 47220-0215  Phone: (812) 358-1745.

• Jackson County Resource Directory

• Jackson County Health Department (For Birth & Death Records from ca. 1882)    207 North Pine Street - Seymour, IN 47274-2143  Phone:  (812) 522-6474.

• Jackson County Circuit Court Clerk (For Marriage, Divorce & Probate Records)    Courthouse - Seymour, IN 47220  Phone: (812) 358-6116.

Jackson County Communities

 
Brownstown Township communities include:  Brownstown (the county seat), Ewing, New Elizabethtown and Shields.

• 1850 Census of Brownstown Township, Jackson County, at USGenWeb Archives

• Brownstown Public Library

  • 120 E. Spring Street - Brownstown, IN 47220   Phone: (812) 358-2853

• Jackson County Historical Society & Museum

  • P. O. Box 215 - Brownstown, IN 47220   Phone: (812) 358-1745

• Jackson County Genealogical Society

  • 415 1/2 South Poplar - Brownstown, IN 47220   Phone: (812) 358-2118

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  Carr Township communities include:  Medora, Sparksville and Weddleville.

• Medora Library  - Information        

  • 27 W. Main Street - Medora, IN 47260  Phone: (812) 966-2278.

• 1850 Census of Carr Township, Jackson County, at USGenWeb Archives

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  Driftwood Township communities include:  Milport, Vallonia and Wegan.

• 1850 Census of Driftwood Township, Jackson County, at USGenWeb Archives

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  Grassy Fork Township communities include:  Tampico.

• 1850 Census of Grassy Fork Township, Jackson County, at USGenWeb Archives

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  Hamilton Township communities include:  Acme, Bobtown, Cortland and Surprise.

• 1850 Census of Hamilton Township, Jackson County, at USGenWeb Archives

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  Jackson Township communities include:  Kriete Corner, New Farmington and Seymour.

• 1850 Census of Jackson Township, Jackson County, at USGenWeb Archives

• Jackson County Public Library   

  • 303 W. Second Street - Seymour, IN 47274   Phone: (812) 522-3412.

  • Jackson County Digital History & Picture Archive

  • History of Jackson County, Indiana: from the Earliest Time to the Present, with Biographical Sketches, Notes, etc., Together with an Extended History of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the State of Indiana.  Chicago : Brant and Fuller, 1886.

• The City of Seymour - information.

  • A Brief History of Seymour, IN

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  Owen Township communities include:  Clear Spring, Kurtz and Norman Station.

• 1850 Census of Owen Township, Jackson County, at USGenWeb Archives

• Owen Township Map on USGenWeb

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  Pershing Township communities include:  Freetown and Spraytown.

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  Redding Township communities include:  Conologue, Fleming, Peters Switch, Reddington and Rockford.

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  Salt Creek Township communities include:  Houston and Maumee.

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  Vernon Township communities include:  Crothersville, Retreat and Uniontown.

• Crothersville Public Library  - Information   

  • 120 W. Main Street - Crothersville, IN 47229   Phone: (812) 793-2927.

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  Washington Township communities include:  Chestnut Ridge and Dudleytown.

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PROFESSIONAL HISTORICAL GENEALOGY RESEARCH
Ann McRoden Mensch, Professional Historical Genealogist

Researching onsite, 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.

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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