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Marion County, Indiana History <-> Genealogy - 1875 Map

MARION COUNTY, Indiana
History <-> Genealogy

*First created in 1822.
*County seat: Indianapolis.
Located in central Indiana.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Indianapolis, Acton, Augusta, Allisonville, Avalon Hills, Beech Grove, Ben Davis, Brendonwood, Bridgeport, Broadmoor, Broad Ripple, Camby, Castleton, Chapel Hill, Cumberland, Drexel Gardens, Eagledale, Edgewood, Fairwood Hills, Five Points, Galader Station, Glenns Valley, Grandview, Highwoods, Irvington, Ivy Hills, Julietta, Keystone Manor, Lawrence, Legendary Hills, Lindenwood, Lynhurst, Mars Hill, Maywood, Millersville, Meridian Hills, New Augusta, Nora, Oaklandon, Ravenswood, Rocky Ripple, Snacks, Southport, Speedway, Sunshine Gardens, Traders Point, Tremont, Valley Mills, Wanamaker, Warren Hills, Warren Park,  West Newton, Williams Creek and Wynnedale.

Select this LINK to see GENERAL Marion 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.
 Disclaimer:  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.
 

Townships in Marion County
(North = Top)

The City of Indianapolis presently extends into all Marion County Townships, with the downtown center being in Center Township.

Surrounding Counties:
 WNW = Boone County, IN    N =  Hamilton County, IN
W = Hendricks County, IN     MARION COUNTY     E = Hancock County, IN
 SW = Morgan County, IN   S = Johnson County, IN  SE = Shelby County, IN

MARION COUNTY, INDIANA
Established in 1822, from Delaware New Purchase; County seat is Indianapolis.

+ MAPS + COMMUNITIES + TOWNSHIPS + NEIGHBORING COUNTIES +
+ CHURCHES + CEMETERIES + MUSEUMS and HISTORIC SITES +
+ NEWS & NEWSPAPERS + LOCAL DIRECTORIES +
+ COMMERCE, TOURISM & ONLINE COMMUNITY  +
+ HISTORY & GENEALOGY: Articles & Online Databases + BIOGRAPHIES +
+ NATIVE AMERICAN: THE PEOPLE + NATURE +
+ ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES for Further Research +
+ COUNTY GOVERNMENT & Vital Records +
+ PROFESSIONAL HISTORICAL GENEALOGY RESEARCH +


MAPS
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·         Interactive Census Bureau Map of Marion County, Indiana

·         1895 Map of Marion County, Indiana, by Pam Rietsch at: prietsch@ismi.net

·         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.

·         Marion County, Indiana Township Maps

·         Indianapolis General Data Viewer

·         Yahoo: Map of Indianapolis.

NATIVE AMERICAN
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·         Native American Links

·         History of the Miami  and  History of the Delaware, by Lee Sultzman

·         Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art

MUSEUMS & HISTORIC SITES
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·         Indiana Medical History Museum - in Indianapolis.

·         Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art

·         Indiana Government Statehouse History and Tour


CHURCHES
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·         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.

·         Indy.com: Indy Source allows search for churches by name, denomination, or address.

·         Local Catholic Church History & Genealogy Research Guide & Worldwide Directory + Indiana*  Page.


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

o        Indiana Cemetery Locator Database

·         Crown Hill Cemetery (est. 1863) and Funeral Home    700 West 38th Street - Indianapolis, IN 46208   Phone: (317) 925-8231

·         Crown Hill Cemetery Burial Locator

·         The Crown Hill National Cemetery, on the grounds of Crown Hill (private) Cemetery.
   700 West 38th Street - Indianapolis, IN 46208

o        Partial listing of Veterans' Burials, on Interment.net

·         Marion County Cemeteries, by Hoosier Home

·         Marion County Cemeteries, by Genealogical Society of Marion County

·         Bacon Cemetery (est. 1835), located at the corner of Keystone Avenue and Kessler Blvd., in Washington Township, Indianapolis, Indiana.

o        See deed and gravestones, by Judy Wright

·         Buck Creek Christian Cemetery, believed located in Warren Township, Marion County, Indiana near Senor and Vendergriff Roads.

o        See article about this pioneer cemetery, by Jeff Kempf, Sr.

·         Calvary Catholic Cemetery,
   435 West Troy Avenue - Indianapolis, IN  46225

·         Fowler/Mundy Pioneer Cemetery, located in the southwest suburbs of Indianapolis, "in the middle of a woods in a housing development known as Southern Dunes", in Perry Township.

o        See article, by Meredith Thompson, and description of this pioneer cemetery, by Jeff Kempf, Sr.

·         Piner Cemetery (est. ca. 1829) and Church - located in Franklin Township, about 1/4 mile south of the intersection of Southport Road and Arlington.

o        See History and gravestone (partial), by Lisa Norton

·         Big Run Cemetery, located at Franklin Road and Indian Creek between Indianapolis and Greenwood Indiana.

o        See gravestone (partial), by Sharon Sumner Fields

·         Pioneer Cemeteries (Marion County), by Jeffery Kempf

o        Pioneer Cemeteries List for Perry, Washington and Lawrence Townships, Marion County, Indiana

o        Gravesite of Sarah FEATHERSTON, page 2, page 3, page 4, in Southport, Perry Township, Marion County, at "Boxwood" burial ground

o        Perry Township, Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries:

o        Round Hill Cemetery, on Epler Avenue, near Regency South Apartments

o        Fowler / Mundy Cemetery, and page 2, page 3, located off of West Southport Road

o        Klepfer Pioneer Cemetery, Lawrence Township, Marion County, Indiana

·         Hoosier Home: Marion County, Indiana 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.

·         The Political Graveyard: for Marion County, Indiana created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum - a web site about U.S. political history, politicians and cemeteries.

COMMERCE, TOURISM & ONLINE COMMUNITY
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·         Official Web Site of Indianapolis & Marion County.

·         City of Indianapolis/Marion County Home Page

·         Indianapolis Visitors Guide

·         Indy.com: Indy Source businesses search by name of topic for addresses and phone numbers.

NATURE
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NEWS & NEWSPAPERS
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·         Indiana State Library:
   140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296.

o        Newspaper Holdings: Holdings by county (in Indianapolis)

o        Indianapolis Newspapers Database, 1848-1888

o        Indianapolis Newspapers Database, 1979-1991

BIOGRAPHIES
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·         Marion County History and Pioneer Families, online by Ronald Branson of countyhistory.com!

·         Indiana State Library.

o        Indiana Biography Index (published before 1990)

o        Indiana Biography Index (published since 1990)

·         Marion County Biographies, coordinated by Deb Murray.

·         The Political Graveyard: for Marion County, Indiana created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum - a web site about U.S. political history, politicians and cemeteries.

HISTORY <-> GENEALOGY: Articles and Online Databases
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·         Marion County Genealogy, by Darlene Anderson & Barbara Hutchinson.

o        Early History of Marion County, Indiana, by: B.R.Sulgrove, 1884, portions transcribed.

o        USGenWeb Archives for Marion County

§         Marion County, Indiana Marriages, 1822-1836

·         Marion County History and Pioneer Families, online by Ronald Branson of countyhistory.com!

·         Genealogical Society of Marion County, Indiana

·         Indiana State Archives.
   6440 E. 30th Street - Indianapolis, IN 46219   Phone: (317) 591-5222

o        Family History Resources

o        Archives Land Records Index

o        The Indianapolis Donation

o        Fort Wayne Land Office Entries, 1823-1852

o        LaPorte-Winamac Land Office Entries, 1833-1855 .

o        Indian Lands Noted On The LaPorte-Winamac Land Office .

o        ICPR Collections

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.

o        Indianapolis and Marion County Employees, 1890-1926

o        Central State Hospital Collection Index and History of patient life

o        Other Indiana Hospitals for the Mentally Ill and Developmentally Disabled

·         Civicnet

o        Marriage Record Search, 1925-Present

·         Hoosier Home: My Indiana Roots, by Victoria Klein - This site includes personal family genealogy, of CREAMER, KNAUSS and TACKETT families, in Indiana, AND also history of the areas in which they lived and topics such as:

o        Indiana Railroad History (1832-1900),

o        Marion County Cemeteries

o        History of Shortridge High School in Indianapolis: founded in 1864 as Indianapolis High School, it was the state's first free high school... Victoria includes a list of members of the Class of 1896!

o        and miscellaneous Indiana points of interest...

·         Shaping the Circle German-Americans in Indianapolis:  1840-1918.

·         NARA: National Archives and Records Administration

o        The Genealogy Page.

o        1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm

o        1930 Census Microfilm Locator

o        The Soundex Indexing System

o        Clues in Census Records, 1790-1840

o        Clues in Census Records, 1850-1930

·         Obtaining EDs for the 1930 Census in One Step (Large Cities), by Stephen P. Morse, PhD, Joel D. Weintraub, PhD and David R. Kehs, PhD

·         1820 Indiana Census Index, by Lori!

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

·         World War II Veterans Online Information Center

·         USA Veterans' Administration

·         Alternate VA Benefits site

o        Regional and Local offices contacts page

o        Veteran's Burial & Memorial Benefits

·         State of Indiana

·         Indianapolis/Marion County Marriage Record Search, from 1925 -

·         Indiana State Library.

o        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        Images from the County

o        County Newspaper Holdings (in Indianapolis)

o        WWII Servicemen Index - "Database to locate information about Indiana men and women who served in World War II who were mentioned in one of the Indianapolis daily newspapers during the war."

o        Indianapolis Through Invoices:  Businesses in the Hoosier Capital at the Turn of the Century

o        Indianapolis Deaths Based upon Indianapolis Commercial Newspaper (1925-1945)

o        Indianapolis Newspaper Index, 1848-1888: "Database to locate select articles from 1848-1888 from Indianapolis daily newspapers; heavily focused on deaths and marriages."

o        Indianapolis Newspaper Index, 1979-1991: "Database to locate select articles from the Indianapolis Star and Indianapolis News; limited coverage of deaths, no marriages.

o        Indiana State Library Civil War Soldier Photograph Collection

o        Centennial Indiana! 1816-1916 County and City Centennial Celebrations

ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES for Further Research
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·         Indiana Commission on Public Records State Archives Division:

·         Indiana State Archives      117 State Library Bldg. - 140 N. Senate Ave. - Indianapolis, IN 46204
     Phone: (317) 232-3660.

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

·         Indiana Historical Bureau
    140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296
   Phone: (317) 232-2535

·         Genealogical Society of Marion County, Indiana

·         Indiana State Museum
    202 North Alabama Street - Indianapolis, IN 46204  Phone: (317) 232-1637.

·         Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library    P. O. Box 211 - Indianapolis, IN 46206    Phone: (317) 269-1700.

·         Beech Grove Public Library (Perry Township)
   1102 Main Street - Beech Grove, IN  46107-1595   Phone:  (317) 788-4203.

·         Speedway Public Library (Wayne Township)
   5633 West 25th Street - Speedway, IN  46224-3802   Phone:  (317) 243-8959.

·         Indiana Historical Society    450 West Ohio Street - Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269
   Phone:  (317) 232-1882,  (800) IHS-1830.

o        "What is a Hoosier?"

o        Our Hoosier Heritage

o        The Hoosier Genealogist - periodical.

o        Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History - periodical. Indiana Historical Society: Membership

·         Library of Congress: American Memory All Collections Search - enter topic or Indiana town and/or county location to find available online photos, maps, and more!

COUNTY GOVERNMENT & Vital Records
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·         Marion County Departments & Agencies

·         Marion County Courts (Circuit and Superior)

·         Marion County Clerk's Office - (For marriage, naturalization and probate)    200 E. Washington St. - City-County Building, Suite W122 - Indianapolis, IN 46204
   Phone: (317) 327-4740.

o        Probate and Guardianship Records Information

o        Certified Copies of Marriage Records Requests

o        Marriage Record Search, 1925-1990

·         Marion County Health Department (For Birth & Death Certificates from ca. 1882)    3838 North Rural Street - Indianapolis, IN 46205-2930  Phone: (317) 541-2400.

o        for Vital Records (Birth & Death Certificates) Online Request forms

·         Marion County Recorder (For Land Records, such as Deeds and Land Transfers)

 

Marion County Communities - Townships in Marion County
The City of Indianapolis presently extends into all Marion County Townships.

Center Township communities include:  The City of Indianapolis presently extends into all Marion County Townships, with the downtown center being in Center Township.

·         Hoosier Home: My Indiana Roots, by Victoria Klein - This site includes personal family genealogy, of CREAMER, KNAUSS and TACKETT families, in Indiana, AND also history of the areas in which they lived and topics such as:

o        Indiana Railroad History (1832-1900),

o        History of Shortridge High School in Indianapolis: founded in 1864 as Indianapolis High School, it was the state's first free high school... Victoria includes a list of members of the Class of 1896!

o        and miscellaneous Indiana points of interest...

·         Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library
   P. O. Box 211 - Indianapolis, IN 46206    Phone: (317) 269-1700.
Indiana State Archives
     117 State Library Bldg. - 140 N. Senate Ave. - Indianapolis, IN 46204
     Phone: (317) 232-3660.

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

·         Indiana Historical Bureau
    140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296
   Phone: (317) 232-2535

·         Indiana State Museum
    202 North Alabama Street - Indianapolis, IN 46204  Phone: (317) 232-16