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PARKE COUNTY, Indiana
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*First created in 1821.
*County seat: Rockville.
Located in western Indiana, with the Wabash River at it's western boundary.
*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 UnionAtherton 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.
 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 =  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


o   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

·         Vital Information Exchange (VINE)1880 Census Index, by familysearch.org

·         1820 Indiana Census Index, by Lori!

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

   Route 1 Box 164 - Marshall, IN 47859  Phone: (765) 597-2635.

    503 W Ohio Street - Rockville, IN  47872   Phone: (765) 569-2223.

  • Rockville Public Library

   106 N Market Street - Rockville, IN  47872  Phone: (765) 569-5544.

Contacts to obtain many documents and cerified copies:

·  Parke County Health Department (For Birth & Death Certificates from ca. 1882)      

116 West High Street, Room 10 - Rockville, IN 47872-1785  Phone: (765) 569-6665.

·  Parke County Circuit Court Clerk - (For Marriage, Divorce & Probate Records)      

Courthouse: 116 W. High Street - Room 204 - Rockville, IN 47872
                          Phone: (765) 569-5132.

·  Parke County Recorder
        Courthouse: 116 W. High Street - Room 204 - Rockville, IN 47872
                           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.


Parke County Communities

Adams Township
    Communities include: Rockville.


Adams Township Cemeteries, online by Carol Ealey, including: Miller, New Discovery, Simmons, Sandcreek, Noel, Richey, Green, Hatfield, Stillman Goff, Rowe, Burgan, Neet Farm, Rockville, Poor Farm, and Memory Garden cemeteries.
 

  • Parke County Museum

    503 W Ohio Street - Rockville, IN  47872   Phone: (765) 569-2223.

  • Rockville Public Library

   106 N Market Street - Rockville, IN  47872  Phone: (765) 569-5544.



Florida Township
    Communities include: Coxville, Hudnut, Jessup, Lyford, Numa and Rosedale.

 



Greene Township
    Communities include: Guion and Milligan.



Howard Township
    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.



Penn Township
    Communities include: Bloomingdale and Annapolis.  Stumptown appears to have also been located in Penn township, though the precise location has not been identified.

  • Stumptown approximate location, northwest of Bloomingdale, near Annapolis.
  • Albert Underwood Civil War Diary - Albert, of Annapolis, Park County, Indiana, was a member of the 9th Indiana Battery Light Artillery.

 



Raccoon Township
    Communities include: Bridgeton, Catlin, Diamond, Smockville and Walton.

  • Walton (historical) location, near Strangers Brook, northeast of Bridgeton, in central Raccoon township.
  • Bridgeton, IN
  • Bridgeton History by Marilyn Mitchell Payton.

 



Reserve Township
    Communities include: Coloma, Klondyke, Montezuma and West Union.

·         Montezuma, IN

·         Montezuma History and Cemeteries

  • Montezuma Public Library

   212 Crawford Street - P. O. Box 70 - Montezuma, IN  47862-0070
   Phone:  765-245-2772



Sugar Creek Township
    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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Return to 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:

  • 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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