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*First created in 1821.
*County seat:
Located in western
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Annapolis,
Armiesburg, Bellmore,
Bloomingdale, Bradfield
Corner, Bridgeton, Byron, Catlin, Coloma, Coxville, Guion, Ferndale, Grange Corner, Diamond,
Hollandsburg, Howard,
Hudnut, Jessup,
Judson, Klondyke,
Lena, Lodi, Lyford, Mansfield,
Marshall, Mecca,
Milligan, Minshall,
Montezuma, Numa,
Nyesville, Rockville,
Rosedale, Smockville,
Stumptown (historical), Sylvania,
Tangier, Walton
(historical) and West Union. Atherton is located at the Vigo and Parke county
line. Keytsville and Vivalia are located at the Parke and Putnam county
line.
Select this LINK to see GENERAL Parke 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.
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Surrounding Counties:
N = Fountain
County, IN ENE = Montgomery
County, IN
W = Vermillion
County, IN PARKE COUNTY
SW = Vigo
County, IN S = Clay County,
IN ESE = Putnam County,
IN
- Parke County, Indiana Covered
Bridges
- Parke County: the Covered Bridge Capital of the World
- countyhistory.com: for Parke County History, Early Settlers and Covered Bridges, by Ronald Branson!
- Fountain, Montgomery and Parke Counties, Indiana, Portrait and Biographical Record, Originally Published, by Chapman Brothers, in 1893, online by Ronald Branson.
- Parke County, Indiana Cemeteries, by Carol Ealey.
- Parke County, Indiana Cemetery Indexes, by Michael E. Woods.
- 1875 History
of Parke County, Indiana
- 1927
Church and Cemeteries History
- Parke
County Poor Farm Residents, 1850-1920
- Archives
- 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.
o Indiana State Library. 140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296
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
· Vital Information Exchange (VINE)1880 Census Index, by familysearch.org
· 1820 Indiana Census Index, by Lori!
- 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
- The Doughboy Center - presented by The Great War Society.
- World War II Veterans Online Information Center
- Civil War: NPS: Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
- Family History Resources
- 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.
- Indiana Department of Veterans' Affairs
- Indianapolis, Indiana Regional Office
- Veteran's Burial & Memorial Benefits
- How to Obtain Military Records:
Military service records are kept by the
- The Political Graveyard,
for Parke
County, Indiana, created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, a web site
about
- Albert Underwood Civil War
Diary - Albert, of
- Map of the Shaker Sites in the Midwest - including West Union, Indiana, on the Shaker Valley web site.
- Shaker Village in
- See also a Tiger Interactive map of Parke County, Indiana
- Turkey Run State Park
Route 1
Contacts to obtain many documents and cerified copies:
· Parke County Health Department (For Birth
& Death Certificates from ca. 1882)
· Parke County Circuit Court Clerk - (For
Marriage, Divorce & Probate Records)
Courthouse: 116 W. High
Street - Room 204 -
Phone: (765) 569-5132.
· Parke
Courthouse: 116 W. High Street - Room
204 -
Phone: (765) 569-3419
· Indiana State Archives.
6440 E. 30th Street - Indianapolis, IN 46219 Phone:
(317) 591-5222
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.
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PROFESSIONAL HISTORICAL
GENEALOGY RESEARCH
Ann McRoden
Mensch, Professional Historical Genealogist
Researching on-site, 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.
Communities include:
- Rockville, IN: Covered Bridge Festival Headquarters.
- Rockville Lake Park
Adams Township
Cemeteries, online
by Carol Ealey, including: Miller, New Discovery, Simmons, Sandcreek, Noel,
Richey, Green, Hatfield, Stillman Goff, Rowe, Burgan, Neet Farm,
Florida Township
Communities include: Coxville, Hudnut, Jessup, Lyford,
Numa and Rosedale.
- Rosedale, IN
- Florida Township Cemeteries, online by Carol Ealey
- Lyford & Numa Cemeteries, online by Carol Ealey
Communities include: Guion and Milligan.
Communities include: Byron.
Jackson Township
Communities include: Keytsville, Lena, Mansfield and Vivalia.
Keytsville and Vivalia are located at the Parke and Putnam county line.
Liberty Township
Communities include: Howard, Lodi, Sylvania and Tangier.
Communities include: Bloomingdale and
- Stumptown
approximate location, northwest of Bloomingdale, near
- Albert Underwood Civil War
Diary - Albert,
of
Communities include:
- Walton
(historical) location, near Strangers Brook, northeast of
- Bridgeton, IN
- Bridgeton History by Marilyn Mitchell Payton.
Communities include: Coloma, Klondyke, Montezuma and
- Map of
the Shaker Sites in the Midwest -
including West Union,
- Shaker Village in
· Montezuma History and Cemeteries
- Montezuma Public Library
Phone: 765-245-2772
Communities include: Grange Corner.
Union Township
Communities include: Bellmore, Ferndale and Hollandsburg.
Wabash Township
Communities include: Armiesburg, Bradfield Corner and
Mecca.
Washington Township
Communities include: Judson, Marshall and Nyesville.
[ Additional
Research Resources for All Indiana Counties ]
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Indiana Local History ]
PROFESSIONAL HISTORICAL GENEALOGY RESEARCH
Ann McRoden
Mensch, Professional Historical Genealogist
Researching on-site, 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:
- School
and Library Atlas of the World. Fred W. Foster, Ph.D.
(Editor). Sycamore,
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