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KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, Indiana
History <-> Genealogy

*First created in 1835.
*County seat: Warsaw.
Located in northern Indiana.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Arrowhead Park, Atwood, Barbee, Bayfield, Beaver Dam, Bell Rohr Park, Burket, Claypool, Clunette, Enchanted Hills, Epworth Forest, Etna Green, Gravelton, Hastings, Highbanks, Island Park, Kinsey, Lakeside Park, Leesburg, Lowman Corner, Marineland Gardens, Mentone, Milford, Milford Junction, Mineral Springs, Monoquet, Oakwood Park, Oswego, North Webster, Packerton, Palestine, Pierceton, Quaker Haven Park, Redmon Park, Rose Hill, Sevastopol, Shady Banks, Sidney, Silver Lake, Sunrise Beach, Syracuse, Walker Park, Warsaw, Wawasee, Winona Lake, Wooster and Yellowbanks.

Select this LINK to see GENERAL Kosciusko 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.
Please note:  Though the information on this web page is believed to be correct, the possibility of error remains.  Please notify the webmaster should an error be found.

Surrounding Counties:
                                     N =  Elkhart County, IN    ENE = Noble County, IN
W = Marshall County, IN     KOSCIUSKO COUNTY     E = Whitley County, IN
              SW = Fulton County, IN   S = Wabash County, IN

   Corner of Main & Indiana Streets - P.O. Box 1071 - Warsaw, IN 46580-1071
   Phone: (574) 269-1078

  • Land Record Research in Kosciusko County, by Gene Andert.
  • countyhistory.com: for Kosciusko County, by Ronald Branson!
  • Interactive map of Kosciusko 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.

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

o    Online Databases

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    Indiana Public Libraries

o    WWII Servicemen Database

o    Indiana Plat Books

o    Vital Information Exchange (VINE)

·         1880 Census Index, by familysearch.org

·         1820 Indiana Census Index, by Lori!

   100 West Center Street, Room 2 - Warsaw, IN 46580-2877  Phone: (574) 372-2349.

Birth Certificate: $4.00 First copy; Death Certificates: $5.00 First copy;
Genealogy searches $10.00 per five names

  • Kosciusko Circuit CourtClerk (For Marriage, Divorce & Probate Records)

   Courthouse - 121 North Lake Street - Warsaw, IN 46580  Phone: (574) 267-4444.

Kosciusko County Communities

Clay Township communities include:  Claypool.  Packerton is situated at the intersection of Monroe, Clay and Jackson townships.


Etna Township communities include:  Etna Green.


Franklin Township communities include:  Beaver Dame and Sevastopol.  Mentone is located on the Franklin and Harrison townships line, with portions in both townships.   Lowman Corner is situated at the Franklin township, Kosciusko County, and Henry township, Fulton County line.

  • Bell Memorial Public Library

   306 North Broadway - P.O. Box 368 - Mentone  46539-0368
   Phone:  (574) 353-7234


Harrison Township communities include:  Palestine.  Atwood is located on the Harrison and Prairie townships line.  Mentone is located on the Franklin and Harrison townships line, with portions in both townships.

  • Bell Memorial Public Library

   306 North Broadway - P.O. Box 368 - Mentone  46539-0368
   Phone:  (574) 353-7234


Jackson Township communities include:  Kinsey and Sidney.  Packerton is situated at the intersection of Monroe, Clay and Jackson townships.


Jefferson Township communities include:  Hastings.  Gravelton is situated at the Jefferson Township, Kosciusko County, and Union Township, Elkhart County line.


Lake Township communities include:  Silver Lake.  Rose Hill is located at the Lake Township, Kosciusko County, and Pleasant Township, Wabash County line.


Monroe Township communities include:  Packerton is situated at the intersection of Monroe, Clay and Jackson townships.


Plain Township communities include:  Arrowhead Park, Bell Rohr Park, Island Park, Leesburg, Monoquet and Oswego.


Prairie Township communities include:  Clunette.


Scott Township is a rural township.


Seward Township communities include:  Burket.


Tippecanoe Township communities include:  Barbee, Bayfield, Epworth Forest, Highbanks, Lakeview Spring, Mineral Springs, North Webster, Walker Park and Yellowbanks.


Turkey Creek Township communities include:  Enchanted Hills, Marineland Gardens, Oakwood Park, Quaker Haven Park, Sunrise Beach, Syracuse and Wawasee.

  • Syracuse - Turkey Creek Township Public Library

   115 East Main Street - Syracuse  46567-1189      Phone:  (574) 457-3022


Van Buren Township communities include:  Milford, Milford Junction, Redmon Park and Shady Banks.

   101 Main Street - P.O. Box 269 - Milford  46542-0269   Phone: (574) 658-4312.


Washington Township communities include:  Pierceton and Wooster.

  • Pierceton & Washington Township Public Library

   101 Catholic Street - P.O. Box 328 - Pierceton  46562-0328
   Phone:  (574) 594-5474


Wayne Township communities include:  Lakeside Park, the city of Warsaw (the county seat) and Winona Lake.

   310 East Main Street - Warsaw  46580-2745     Phone:  (574) 267-6011

·         Kosciusko County Health Dept. (For Birth & Death Certificates from ca. 1882)

   100 West Center Street, Room 2 - Warsaw, IN 46580-2877  Phone: (574) 372-2349.

Birth Certificate: $4.00 First copy; Death Certificates: $5.00 First copy;
Genealogy searches $10.00 per five names

  • Kosciusko Circuit CourtClerk (For Marriage, Divorce & Probate Records)

   Courthouse - 121 North Lake Street - Warsaw, IN 46580  Phone: (574) 267-4444.

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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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