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MARSHALL COUNTY, Indiana
History <-> Genealogy

 

*First created in 1835.
*County seat: Plymouth.
Located in northern Indiana.
Index for Marshall County.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Argos, Bourbon, Bremen, Burr Oak, Culver (Marmont), Donaldson, Eagle Lake City [historic], Fairmont, Harris, Hibbard, Inwood, La Paz, La Paz Junction, Linkville, Maxinkuckee, Old Tip Town, Plymouth, Rutland, Summit Chapel, Teegarden, Tippecanoe, Twin Lakes, Tyner, and Walnut.

Select this LINK to see GENERAL Marshall 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.  

Surrounding Counties:
                                             N =  St. Joseph County, IN
W = Starke County, IN     MARSHALL COUNTY     NE = Elkhart County, IN
                                         S = Fulton County, IN  E & SE = Kosciusko County, IN


MARSHALL COUNTY, INDIANA
Established in 1835; County seat is Plymouth.
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+ HISTORY & Genealogy: Articles & Online Databases + BIOGRAPHIES +
+ NATIVE AMERICAN: THE POTAWATOMIE PEOPLE +
+ ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES for Further Research + GENEALOGY +
+ COUNTY GOVERNMENT & Vital Records +
+ PROFESSIONAL HISTORICAL GENEALOGY RESEARCH +



MAPS

  • 1875 Map of Marshall County, Indiana, from Higgins Belden & Co. ( see citation )
  • U. S. Census Bureau Marshall County Profile.
  • Interactive Present day Map of Marshall 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.

NATIVE AMERICAN: THE POTAWATOMIE PEOPLE

    P.O. Box 41 - Peru, Indiana 46970  Phone: (765) 473-9631.

    • The Miami Language


MUSEUMS

   123 N. Michigan Street - Plymouth, Indiana  46563   Phone: (574) 936-2306.



COMMERCE, TOURISM & ONLINE COMMUNITY



NATURE



NEWS & NEWSPAPERS

   P.O. Box 220 - Plymouth, IN 46563



CHURCHES

 


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.
    • Fulton County Public Library (Fulton County, IN Rochester Branch)

SCHOOLS and EDUCATION

 


BIOGRAPHIES


HISTORY & Genealogy: Articles ONLINE

   140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296

o        Online Databases

o        Indiana Cemetery Locator Database

o        Indiana Biography Index

o        Index of Indiana Marriages Through 1850.

o        Index of Indiana Marriages, 1993 through 2000

o        Newspaper Holdings: Holdings by county

o        Images of Indiana: 92 Counties // from Adams to Whitley

o        Indiana Public Libraries

o        Map of Indiana Libraries.

o        WWII Servicemen Database

o        Indiana Plat Books

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


ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES for Further Research

   123 N. Michigan Street - Plymouth, Indiana  46563
   Phone: (574) 936-2306     E-mail: mchistory@mchistoricalsociety.org

   201 N. Center - Plymouth, IN 46563
   Phone: (574) 936-2324     E-mail: plylib@plymouth.lib.in.us.



COUNTY GOVERNMENT & Vital Records

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.


Marshall County Communities

Bourbon Township communities include:  Bourbon.

  • Bourbon Public Library

   307 N. Main Street - Bourbon, IN 46504     Phone:  (574) 342-5655.



Center Township communities include:  Inwood and Plymouth.

   123 N. Michigan Street - Plymouth, Indiana  46563   Phone: (574) 936-2306.

   P.O. Box 220 - Plymouth, IN 46563

   201 N. Center - Plymouth, IN 46563
   Phone: (574) 936-2324     E-mail: plylib@plymouth.lib.in.us.



German Township communities include:  Bremen.

  • Bremen Public Library

   304 N. Jackson Street - Bremen, IN 46506    Phone: (574) 546-2849.


Green Township is a primarily rural township.



North Township communities include:  Harris, La Paz, La Paz Junction and LinkvilleFairmont appears on the 1875 Indiana Map, at/near the present day town of Harris.



Polk Township communities include:  Teegarden and Tyner.



Tippecanoe Township communities include:  Old Tip Town, Summit Chapel and Tippecanoe.



Union Township communities include:  Culver (Marmont), Hibbard, Maxinkuckee and Rutland.

  • "...Culver used to be calIed Marmont."
  • The Culver Academies - located on Lake Maxinkuckee, in Union Township.
  • Culver - Union Township Public Library
    • 107 N. Main Street - Culver, IN    Phone: (574) 842-2941
    • Culver Through the Years - "presents a gallery of hundreds of rare, vintage images of the Culver area."  The Culver Public Library encourages interested online visitors to not only enjoy this collection, but also to consider loaning or donating vintage images of the area to the library for scanning onto the site.


Walnut Township communities include:  Argos and Walnut.

  • Argos Public Library

   119 W. Walnut Street - Argos, IN 46501    Phone: (574) 892-5818.



West Township communities include:  Donaldson and Twin LakesEagle Lake City [historic] appears on the 1875 map of Indiana.

   "...under the sponsorship of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ, was organized as a junior college specializing in teacher training in l937..."



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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.


Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002-2008, by Ann Mensch.  All Rights Reserved.

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.
  • New Sectional Township Map of IndianaChicago, Illinois : Higgins Belden & Co., 1875.

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