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LAGRANGE COUNTY, Indiana
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*First created in 1832.
*County seat: Lagrange.
Located in northern Indiana, with the state of Michigan at it's northern boundary.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Brushy Prairie, Eddy, Elmira, Emma, Gravel Beach, Honeyville, Howe, Lagrange, Mongo, Ontario, Plato, Scott, Seyberts, Shipshewana, Stroh, South Milford, Stony Creek, Timberhurst, Topeka, Twin Lakes, Valentine and Woodruff.
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Select from the TOWN list above to learn which township the community is located in, and view information and links specific to that area.
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Surrounding Counties:
                                     N =  St. Joseph and Branch Counties, MI
W = Elkhart County, IN     LAGRANGE COUNTY     E = Steuben County, IN
                                         S = Noble County, IN

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·         1880 Census Index, by familysearch.org

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   203 W. Spring Street - LaGrange, IN 46761   Phone: (260) 463-2841.
   E-mail: info@lagrange.lib.in.us
   Hours:
     School Year (Beginning the week after Labor Day):  Monday thru Thursday: 9:00-8:00; Friday and Saturday: 9:00-5:00.
     Summer (Beginning the week after Memorial Day) Monday thru Thursday: 9:00-6:00; Friday and Saturday: 9:00-5:00.

   114 West Michigan Street - Lagrange, IN 46761-1860  Phone: (260) 463-2183.

  • Lagrange Clerk Office  (For Marriage, Divorce & Probate Records)

   105 North Detroit Street - Lagrange, IN 46761  Phone: (260) 463-3442.
    The fee for a copy of the record is $1 per page, and $2 for certified copies.

  • Lagrange County Recorder Office

   114 West Michigan Street -  Lagrange, IN 46761-1860  Phone: (260) 463-7807.

Lagrange County Communities

BLOOMFIELD Township - includes the following communities: Plato and the largest portion of the City of Lagrange.

  •    203 W. Spring Street - LaGrange, IN 46761   Phone: (260) 463-2841.
       E-mail: info@lagrange.lib.in.us


CLAY Township - includes the following communities: a portion of the city of Lagrange and a portion of Emma which sits on the intersection of the four townships of Clay, Clearspring, Eden and Newbury.  Emma is situated at the intersection of Clay, Clearspring, Eden and Newbury townships.


CLEARSPRING Township - includes the following communities:  Eddy and a portion of Topeka.  A portion of Topeka is also with Eden Township.  Emma is situated at the intersection of Clay, Clearspring, Eden and Newbury townships.

    • Topeka Indiana! - Life in the Past Lane: "...settled in the spring of 1832. Originally, the settlement was named "Hawpatch."
    • Topeka Area Historical Society Museum.


EDEN Township - includes the following communities: Honeyville and Stony Creek, and a portion of Topeka.  Topeka is located on the Eden and Clearspring townships line.  Emma is situated at the intersection of Clay, Clearspring, Eden and Newbury townships.


GREENFIELD Township - includes the following communities: Brighton.


JOHNSON Township - includes the following communities: Valentine and Woodruff.


LIMA Township - includes the following communities: Howe and Twin Lakes.


MILFORD Township - includes the following communities: Elmira, Gravel Beach, Mt. Pisgah, Shady Nook, South Milford, Stroh, and Timberhurst.


NEWBURY Township - includes the following communities: Menno-Hof and Shipshewana.  Emma is situated at the intersection of Clay, Clearspring, Eden and Newbury townships.


SPRINGFIELD Township - includes the following communities: Brushy Prairie, Mongo and Pigeon River.


VAN BUREN Township - includes the following communities: Scott and Seyberts.

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Lagrange County Cemeteries:
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.

 Barton Cemetery -   Latitude:  414407N;  Longitude:  0853130W
     Located in Van Buren Township, Lagrange County, IN, east of the town of Scott, north of the Pigeon River, and south of CR 700 N.

 Bethel Cemetery -   Latitude:  413228N;  Longitude:  0851756W
      Located in southwestern Milford Township, near the Milford and Johnson Townships line, Lagrange County, IN, between CR 550 E and CR 675 E, on CR 700 S.

 Bethel Cemetery -   Latitude:  414013N;  Longitude:  0852859W
    Located in Clay Township, Lagrange County, IN, northwest from the city of Lagrange, near the intersection of CR 300 W and CR 200 N.

 Bethel Cemetery -   Latitude:  414421N;  Longitude:  0853717W
   Located in the western portion of Van Buren Township, Lagrange County, IN, on CR 1000 W, south of Hwy. 80/90, and north of Hwy. 120.

 Beulah Cemetery -   Latitude:  413314N;  Longitude:  0852906W
   Located in Clearspring Township, Lagrange County, IN, northeast from Topeka, on CR 600 S, near the intersection of CR 400 W.

 Bontrager Cemetery -   Latitude:  413730N;  Longitude:  0853730W
   Located in the southwestern portion of Newbury Township, Lagrange County, IN, southwest from Shipshewana, near the Little Elkhart River, on CR 100 S, between CR 1000 W and CR 1100 W.

 Bontrager Cemetery -   Latitude:  414033N;  Longitude:  0853752W
    Located in the northern portion of Newbury Township, Lagrange County, IN, about half way between Shipshewana and Middlebury, on CR 250 N.

 Bontrager Cemetery -   Latitude:  414500N;  Longitude:  0852117W
    Located in the northwestern portion of Greenfield Township, Lagrange County, IN, northwest of Howe, IN, near the intersection of CR 750 N and CR 375 E, and north of Hwy. 80/90.

 Bontragger Cemetery (historical) -   Latitude:  414435N;  Longitude:  0852119W
     Located in the northwestern portion of Greenfield Township, Lagrange County, IN, northwest of Howe, IN, near the intersection of CR 700 N and CR 375 E, and south of Hwy. 80/90.

 Brushy Chapel Cemetery -   Latitude:  413647N;  Longitude:  0851620W
     Located at the Springfield and Milford Townships line, Lagrange County, IN, west of Lagrange, IN, at Hwy 3, near the intersection of CR 200 S.

 Clearspring Cemetery -   Latitude:  413154N;  Longitude:  0852851W
      Located in Clearspring Township, Lagrange County, IN, east of Topeka, IN, on CR 300 W, between CR 700 S and CR 800 S.

 County Farm Cemetery -   Latitude:  413825N;  Longitude:  0852615W

 Eagle Cemetery -   Latitude:  414322N;  Longitude:  0851855W

 East Springfield United Methodist Cemetery -   Latitude:  413827N;  Longitude:  0851324W

 Eden Cemetery -   Latitude:  413222N;  Longitude:  0853400W

 Gerber Cemetery -   Latitude:  413219N;  Longitude:  0853406W

 Greenwood Cemetery -   Latitude:   413749N;  Longitude:  0852502W

 Hawpatch Cemetery -   Latitude:  413248N;  Longitude:  0853332W

 Hoagland Cemetery – Bloomfield Township   Latitude:  414040N;  Longitude:  0852428W

 Jordon Cemetery -   Latitude:  413551N;  Longitude:  0852636W

 K of P Cemetery -   Latitude:  414132N;  Longitude:  0851653W

 Lake Bethel Cemetery -   Latitude:  413117N;  Longitude:  0851327W

 Lakeside Cemetery -   Latitude:  413225N;  Longitude:  0852521W

 Lupold Cemetery -   Latitude:  413957N;  Longitude:  0853326W

 Mack Cemetery -   Latitude:   414333N;  Longitude:  0853917W

 Maple Grove Cemetery -   Latitude:  413129N;  Longitude:  0853425W

 Marks Cemetery – Bloomfield Township

McCoy Cemetery -   Latitude:  413922N;  Longitude:  0852502W

 Miller Cemetery -   Latitude:  413520N;  Longitude:  0852856W

 Miller Cemetery -   Latitude:  413916N;  Longitude:  0853230W

 Mongo Cemetery -   Latitude: 414101N ;  Longitude:  0851700W

 New Pennsylvania Cemetery -   Latitude:  414214N;  Longitude:  0853826W

 Oak Hill Cemetery -   Latitude:  413558N;  Longitude:  0852107W

 Oaklawn Cemetery -   Latitude:  414344N;  Longitude:  0852756W

 Ontario Cemetery -   Latitude:  414200N;  Longitude:  0852317W

 Osborn Cemetery -   Latitude:  413552N;  Longitude:  0852731W

 Pashan Cemetery -   Latitude:  413844N;  Longitude:  0853726W

Plato Cemetery (aka Hills Corners Cemetery) – Bloomfield Township

Pleasant Hill Cemetery – Bloomfield Township

 Reed Cemetery -   Latitude:  413538N;  Longitude:  0851437W

 Riverside Cemetery -   Latitude:  414254N;  Longitude:  0852507W

 Rogers Cemetery -   Latitude:   413858N;  Longitude:  0851658W

 Sidener Cemetery -   Latitude:  414249N;  Longitude:  0853143W

 Sloan Cemetery -   Latitude:  413355N;  Longitude:  0852744W

 Steinberg Cemetery -   Latitude:  413148N;  Longitude: 0853001W

 Tamarack Cemetery -   Latitude:  413148N;  Longitude:  0851900W

 Town Line Cemetery -   Latitude:  413632N;  Longitude:  0853704W

 Woodland Cemetery -   Latitude:  413151N;  Longitude:  0852213W

 Woodruff Cemetery -   Latitude:  413220N;  Longitude:  0852232W

 Woodruff Memorial Gardens Cemetery -   Latitude:  413435N;  Longitude:  0851925W

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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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